Re: [patch] softirq performance fixes, cleanups, 2.4.10.

kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 21:41:00 +0400 (MSK DST)


Hello!

> Then how would you explain the 10% speed difference
> Ben and others have seen with gigabit ethernet ?

Huh... kill all the softirqs (and, even better, scheduler too) and you will
see even more effect. :-)

More seriously, the question is not why these 10% appears,
but rather why they _disappeared_ in 2.4.7.

Alexey
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