Re: 16-CPU #s for lockfree rtcache (rt_rcu)

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Fri May 17 2002 - 14:25:19 EST


   From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
   Date: 17 May 2002 21:25:16 +0200

   "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> writes:
   
> Provide the data, it will be interesting.
   
   I bet the numbers would be much better if the x86
   do_gettimeofday() was converted to a lockless version first ...
   Currently it is bouncing around its readlock for every incoming packet.

That is true. But right now we are trying to analyze the effects of
his patch all by itself.
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