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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donanld.c.skidmore@intel.com>,
	e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, HPA <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Eliezer Tamir <eliezer@tamir.org.il>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] net: implement support for low latency socket polling
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130520162227.GD24555@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130519102533.12527.12991.stgit@ladj378.jer.intel.com>

> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> index f98ca63..cfcf0ea 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ ip_no_pmtu_disc - BOOLEAN
>  	Disable Path MTU Discovery.
>  	default FALSE
>  
> +ip_low_latency_poll - INTEGER
> +	Low latency busy poll timeout. (needs CONFIG_INET_LL_RX_POLL)
> +	Approximate time in ms to spin waiting for packets on the device queue.
> +	default 0

Can you document the suggested value here?

Also I would add something like "may increase power usage"

The other thing I would add is a linuxmib statistic counter so that
we can see the polling happens.

-Andi
-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
	e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	Don Skidmore <donanld.c.skidmore@intel.com>, HPA <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Eliezer Tamir <eliezer@tamir.org.il>,
	Dave Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] net: implement support for low latency socket polling
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130520162227.GD24555@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130519102533.12527.12991.stgit@ladj378.jer.intel.com>

> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> index f98ca63..cfcf0ea 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ ip_no_pmtu_disc - BOOLEAN
>  	Disable Path MTU Discovery.
>  	default FALSE
>  
> +ip_low_latency_poll - INTEGER
> +	Low latency busy poll timeout. (needs CONFIG_INET_LL_RX_POLL)
> +	Approximate time in ms to spin waiting for packets on the device queue.
> +	default 0

Can you document the suggested value here?

Also I would add something like "may increase power usage"

The other thing I would add is a linuxmib statistic counter so that
we can see the polling happens.

-Andi
-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-05-20 16:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-19 10:25 [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] net: low latency Ethernet device polling Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] net: implement support for low latency socket polling Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25   ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20  7:54   ` David Miller
2013-05-20  8:29     ` Joe Perches
2013-05-20  8:29       ` Joe Perches
2013-05-20  9:16       ` David Miller
2013-05-20  9:39     ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20  9:39       ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20 19:34       ` David Miller
2013-05-20 16:22   ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2013-05-20 16:22     ` Andi Kleen
2013-05-21  6:16     ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-21  6:16       ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] tcp: add TCP support for low latency receive poll Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25   ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 3/4] ixgbe: Add support for ndo_ll_poll Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25   ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:26 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 4/4] ixgbe: add extra stats " Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] net: low latency Ethernet device polling Or Gerlitz
2013-05-19 19:06   ` Or Gerlitz
2013-05-19 19:20   ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 19:20     ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20 20:09     ` [E1000-devel] " Jeff Kirsher
2013-05-20 22:08       ` Jesse Brandeburg
2013-05-19 19:25   ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 19:56     ` Or Gerlitz
2013-05-20 10:26       ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20 22:44   ` Brandeburg, Jesse

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