On Thu, 2007-07-06 at 15:06 -0700, Kok, Auke wrote: > the contention isn't between multiple tx attempts, but between e1000_clean > and > tx.
I got you the first time but i think i am missing something: given that the lock is used only on tx - how is that protecting the contention between tx and rx? > You'll need bidirectional traffic with multiple clients probably to hit it... I did - but it was asymettric i.e very heavy on tx. cheers, jamal - 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
