Re: questions on NAPI processing latency and dropped network packets

From: Ben Greear
Date: Mon Jan 21 2008 - 16:11:36 EST


Chris Friesen wrote:

Is there anything else we can do to minimize the latency of network packet processing and avoid having to crank the rx ring size up so high?

Why is it such a big deal to crank up the rx queue length? Seems like
a perfectly normal way to handle bursts like this...

Thanks,
Ben


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