Re: [PATCH] net: increase receive packet quantum

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Nov 03 2008 - 20:25:13 EST


From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>

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.
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