Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support.

From: jamal <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:26:43 -0400

On Thu, 2007-07-06 at 15:06 -0700, Kok, Auke wrote:

> the contention isn't between multiple tx attempts, but between e1000_clean and 
> tx. 

I got you the first time but i think i am missing something:  given that
the lock is used only on tx - how is that protecting the contention
between tx and rx?

> You'll need bidirectional traffic with multiple clients probably to hit it...

I did - but it was asymettric i.e very heavy on tx.

cheers,
jamal