Re: [Lse-tech] Re: (RFC): SKB Initialization

Mala Anand (manand@us.ibm.com)
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 08:04:05 -0500


>>I think the skbinit patch and recycling skbs are mutually exclusive.

>I would say they are more orthogonal than mutually exclusive.
>Although ou still need to prove that relocating the code actually helps in
>real life. On paper it looks good.
Troy Wilson (who works with me) posted SPECweb99 results using my
skbinit patch to lkml on Friday:
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0208.2/1470.html
I know you don't subscribe to lkml. Have you seen these results?
On Numa machine it showed around 3% improvement using SPECweb99.

Regards,
Mala

Mala Anand
IBM Linux Technology Center - Kernel Performance
E-mail:manand@us.ibm.com
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