Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:14:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:14:04 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:48799 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:13:50 -0500 From: "David S. Miller" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15002.61544.121517.514618@pizda.ninka.net> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:10:16 -0800 (PST) To: Jeff Garzik Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, Linux Knernel Mailing List Subject: Re: New net features for added performance In-Reply-To: <3A9AEFAF.1DC89A8A@mandrakesoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3A9842DC.B42ECD7A@mandrakesoft.com> <15002.60104.350394.893905@pizda.ninka.net> <3A9AEFAF.1DC89A8A@mandrakesoft.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 13) "Crater Lake" XEmacs Lucid Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeff Garzik writes: > I only want to know if more are coming, not actually pass multiples.. Ok, then my only concern is that the path from "I know more is coming" down to hard_start_xmit invocation is long. It would mean passing a new piece of state a long distance inside the stack from SKB origin to device. Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/