From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: increase receive packet quantum Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:24:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20081103.172428.154364341.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20081103130303.29dd4e21@extreme> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: shemminger@vyatta.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:56878 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752221AbYKDBYz (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:24:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20081103130303.29dd4e21@extreme> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:03:03 -0800 > This patch gets about 1.25% back on tbench regression. > > My change to NAPI for multiqueue support changed the time limit on > network receive processing. Under sustained loads like tbench, this > can cause the receiver to reschedule prematurely. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger I think I'm the guilty party that made that change to your NAPI patches. I'll apply this to net-next-2.6, thanks Stephen.