netdev - Re: [PATCHv8 net-next 2/4] sunvnet: make transmit path zero-copy in the kernel

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Message-ID: <5429C8E9.2070607@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:02:33 -0400
From:	David L Stevens <david.stevens@...cle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com,
	raghuram.kothakota@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv8 net-next 2/4] sunvnet: make transmit path zero-copy
 in the kernel



On 09/29/2014 04:54 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David L Stevens <david.stevens@...cle.com>

>> For example, I could leave the "normal" path like this and just start/mod
>> a timer to do it after 1 sec if we haven't done it through start_xmit. Do
>> you think that's sufficiently short?
> 
> To be honest I'm not %100 sure.

Since it won't actually fire when the network is loaded, maybe a
shorter timer won't hurt. I'll try it out.

						+-DLS

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