Re: RFC: issues concerning the next NAPI interface

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Aug 24 2007 - 17:44:52 EST


From: David Stevens <dlstevens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:50:58 -0700

> Problem is if it increases rapidly, you may drop packets
> before you notice that the ring is full in the current estimated
> interval.

This is one of many reasons why hardware interrupt mitigation
is really needed for this.
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