Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: pktgen: packet bursting via skb->xmit_more

From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:16:36 +0200

On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:53:21 -0700
Alexei Starovoitov <[email-masked]> wrote:

> This patch demonstrates the effect of delaying update of HW tailptr.
> (based on earlier patch by Jesper)
> 
> burst=1 is the default. It sends one packet with xmit_more=false
> burst=2 sends one packet with xmit_more=true and
>         2nd copy of the same packet with xmit_more=false
> burst=3 sends two copies of the same packet with xmit_more=true and
>         3rd copy with xmit_more=false
> 
> Performance with ixgbe (usec 30):
> burst=1  tx:9.2 Mpps
> burst=2  tx:13.5 Mpps
> burst=3  tx:14.5 Mpps full 10G line rate
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email-masked]>
> ---

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email-masked]>

Thanks Alexei

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