Re: [PATCH][RFC] relayfs (1/4) (Documentation)

[Richard J Moore]

On Sat 11 October 2003 5:34 pm, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:41:29 -0400
>
> Karim Yaghmour <karim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The question isn't whether netlink can transfer hundreds of thousands of
> > data units in one fell swoop. The question is: is it more efficient than
> > relayfs at this?
>
> Wrong, it's the queueing model that's important for applications
> like this.

Why is a queuing model relvant to low-level kernel tracing, which is the prime 
target of relayfs? In otherwords why would netlink be the infrastructure of 
choice on which to implenment tracing, say in a GB ethernet driver?

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