From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Rostedt Subject: Re: Stop using tasklets for bottom halves Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:40:23 -0400 Message-ID: <1252428023.15626.30.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> References: <43e72e890909071558s637b45c7i10807587dc40e8c4@mail.gmail.com> <20090907171406.6a4b6116@nehalam> <1252376254.21261.2052.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <20090908091143.1e613963@nehalam> Reply-To: rostedt-nx8X9YLhiw1AfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Ingo Molnar , Michael Buesch , "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Matt Smith , Kevin Hayes , Bob Copeland , Jouni Malinen , Ivan Seskar , ic.felix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090908091143.1e613963@nehalam> Sender: linux-wireless-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 09:11 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > Process context is too slow. > > > > Well, I'm hoping to prove the opposite. I'm working on some stuff that I > > plan to present at Linux Plumbers. I've been too distracted by other > > things, but hopefully I'll have some good numbers to present by then. > > > > > That's great, does it keep the good properties of NAPI (irq disabling > and throttling?) Not exactly sure what you mean by throttling, but I'm assuming it will. As for irqs disabling, I'm trying to avoid doing that. Note, the device will have its interrupts disabled, but not all other devices will. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html