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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: "Benjamin C.R. LaHaise" <blah@kvack.org>
Cc: michael@linuxmagic.com,
	Jan Rekorajski <baggins@sith.mimuw.edu.pl>,
	Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com,
	waltje@uWalt.NL.Mugnet.ORG
Subject: Re: [UPDATE] zerocopy.. While working on ip.h stuff
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:05:22 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <15002.61250.224811.987948@pizda.ninka.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010226184514.9835E-100000@kanga.kvack.org>
In-Reply-To: <15002.58854.215318.882641@pizda.ninka.net> <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010226184514.9835E-100000@kanga.kvack.org>


Benjamin C.R. LaHaise writes:
 > Since the ip header fits in the cache of some CPUs (like the P4),
 > this becoming a cheaper operation than ever before.

At gigapacket rates, it becomes an issue.  This guy is talking about
tinkering with new IP _options_, not just the header.  So even if the
IP header itself fits totally in a cache line, the options afterwardsd
likely will not and thus require another cache miss.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-02-27  0:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-23  6:59 [UPDATE] zerocopy BETA 3 David S. Miller
2001-02-23 10:42 ` Jan Rekorajski
2001-02-25  3:38   ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-02-25  3:54     ` Jan Rekorajski
2001-02-26 23:25       ` [UPDATE] zerocopy.. While working on ip.h stuff David S. Miller
2001-02-26 23:47         ` Benjamin C.R. LaHaise
2001-02-27  0:05         ` David S. Miller [this message]
2001-02-27  0:11           ` Benjamin C.R. LaHaise
2001-02-27  3:41             ` Michael Peddemors
2001-02-27  3:24         ` Michael Peddemors
2001-02-26 23:46       ` Michael Peddemors
2001-02-26 23:23         ` Andi Kleen
2001-02-26  5:28   ` [UPDATE] zerocopy BETA 3 David S. Miller
     [not found] <2137.983232656@ISI.EDU>
2001-02-27  1:53 ` [UPDATE] zerocopy.. While working on ip.h stuff Michael Peddemors
2001-02-27  2:31   ` Craig Milo Rogers

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