David S. Miller writes: > I think a new variant of netif_receive_skb() might be needed.... or > maybe not. I don't see a need for a new ->poll() for example.
Yes poll should fine as-is for netif_receive_skb we have to see. > On the other hand, nobody checks the return value from > netif_receive_skb(). This would have been a nice avenue > were it not for the SKB refcounting, but I think we could > work around that by making the driver grab the extra reference > count before it invokes netif_receive_skb(). > > I even think you are hinting at exactly this :) Yes something like this at least as a start. Could be the first part to play with. I'll leave TCP optimizations to you. :) Cheers. --ro - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html