Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/6] Always use tx interrupt for virtio-net

2014-10-15 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 07:14:14PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > On 10/15/2014 06:25 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 03:25:24PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > >> According to David, proper accounting and queueing (at all levels, not > >> just TCP sockets) is more important than t

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/6] Always use tx interrupt for virtio-net

2014-10-15 Thread Jason Wang
On 10/15/2014 06:25 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 03:25:24PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: >> According to David, proper accounting and queueing (at all levels, not >> just TCP sockets) is more important than trying to skim a bunch of >> cycles by avoiding TX interrupts. > He a

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/6] Always use tx interrupt for virtio-net

2014-10-15 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 03:25:24PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > According to David, proper accounting and queueing (at all levels, not > just TCP sockets) is more important than trying to skim a bunch of > cycles by avoiding TX interrupts. He also mentioned we should find other ways to batch > Havi

[RFC PATCH net-next 0/6] Always use tx interrupt for virtio-net

2014-10-15 Thread Jason Wang
According to David, proper accounting and queueing (at all levels, not just TCP sockets) is more important than trying to skim a bunch of cycles by avoiding TX interrupts. Having an event to free the SKB is absolutely essential for the stack to operate correctly. This series tries to enable tx int