Re: zero-copy TCP

From: Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu)
Date: Tue Sep 05 2000 - 05:39:03 EST


On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:

> > > while (x)
> > > {
> > > x = x->next
> > > }
> > >
> > > all over the place that increases latency. [...]
> >
> > i challenge you to show one such place in the 2.4.0-test8-pre2 kernel. If
> > it's all over the place and if it increases latency, you certainly can
> > show at least one such place.
>
> When I have time to do this exercise, I will. [...]

well, your original claim (quoted above) shows that you have identified
numerous such places already, so you dont have to do any additional
'exercise'. The "all over the place" code shouldnt be too hard to find
again - please just say filename and line number in any kernel version of
your choice and we'll look into it.

        Ingo

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