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SubjectRe: Gigabit Performance 2.4.19-preX - Excessive locks, calls, waits
"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote:
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> ...
> 34880 total 0.0202
> 28581 default_idle 595.4375
> 1125 __rdtsc_delay 35.1562
> 1094 eth_type_trans 5.2596
> 657 skb_release_data 4.5625
> 378 __make_request 0.2596
> 335 alloc_skb_frame 1.1020

Note how eth_type_trans is now the most expensive function. This
is because it's the first place where the CPU touches the
just-arrived ethernet header.

It would be interesting to add a prefetch() to the driver at the
earliest possible time to get the header read underway. Maybe
the IP header too?

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