Re: RFC: issues concerning the next NAPI interface

Linas Vepstas
2007-08-24T21:51:21Z

On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 02:44:36PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:50:58 -0700
>
> > Problem is if it increases rapidly, you may drop packets
> > before you notice that the ring is full in the current estimated
> > interval.
>
> This is one of many reasons why hardware interrupt mitigation
> is really needed for this.

When turning off interrupts, don't turn them *all* off.
Leave the queue-full interrupt always on.

--linas