Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] net: batch skb dequeueing from softnet input_pkt_queue

From: jamal <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:03:11 -0400

On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 16:03 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> 
> Jamal, I have a Nehalem setup now, and I can see
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave() abuse is not coming from network tree, but from
> clockevents_notify()

yikes. Thanks Eric - I shouldve been able to figure that one out. But
why is this thing expensive? I will run the test tommorow and see if i
see the same thing. 

cheers,
jamal