From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: skb recycling Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:17:37 -0700 Message-ID: <48FFC2A1.8000607@hp.com> References: <20081020190922.7dd6510a@extreme> <20081020.221857.209830018.davem@davemloft.net> <48FE34AF.8050508@hp.com> <48FE386F.8090706@cosmosbay.com> <20081021133811.68bd5ce1@extreme> <48FFBE19.7010803@hp.com> <20081022170517.051d766f@extreme> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Eric Dumazet , David Miller , jgarzik@pobox.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from g5t0008.atlanta.hp.com ([15.192.0.45]:30827 "EHLO g5t0008.atlanta.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752414AbYJWARl (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:17:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20081022170517.051d766f@extreme> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: >>So we have a bit of "tension" between the desires of an end host vs >>those of a router right? >> >>rick jones > > > Not tension, just means on end host this optimization does nothing. Its free in terms of added cycles consumed? rick jones