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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 08:21:00 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 7/7] docs: networking: Describe irq suspension
On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 11:43:17AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 05:52:52PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> >> On Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 05:24:09AM +0000, Joe Damato wrote:
> >> > +It is important to note that choosing a large value for ``gro_flush_timeout``
> >> > +will defer IRQs to allow for better batch processing, but will induce latency
> >> > +when the system is not fully loaded. Choosing a small value for
> >> > +``gro_flush_timeout`` can cause interference of the user application which is
> >> > +attempting to busy poll by device IRQs and softirq processing. This value
> >> > +should be chosen carefully with these tradeoffs in mind. epoll-based busy
> >> > +polling applications may be able to mitigate how much user processing happens
> >> > +by choosing an appropriate value for ``maxevents``.
> >> > +
> >> > +Users may want to consider an alternate approach, IRQ suspension, to help deal
> >> to help dealing
> >> > +with these tradeoffs.
> >> > +
> >
> > Thanks for the careful review. I read this sentence a few times and
> > perhaps my English grammar isn't great, but I think it should be
> > one of:
> >
> > Users may want to consider an alternate approach, IRQ suspension, to
> > help deal with these tradeoffs. (the original)
>
> The original is just fine here. Bagas, *please* do not bother our
> contributors with this kind of stuff, it does not help.
I should have hinted the fixes instead of pasting them...
Thanks.
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