Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] virtio_net: refill buffer right after being used
flat view
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2011-08-03 20:30:20
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On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:16:15PM -0700, Shirley Ma wrote:
It averages the latency between each receive by filling only one set of buffers vs. either none buffers or 1/2 ring size buffers fill between receives.
I see how the overhead of allocating memory is spread more evenly. Does this actually help some workloads?