Re: [PATCH v2 00/50] wilc1000: rework tx path to use sk_buffs throughout

From: David Mosberger-Tang
Date: Thu Dec 23 2021 - 10:24:19 EST


On Thu, 2021-12-23 at 06:16 +0000, Ajay.Kathat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 23/12/21 06:44, David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
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> > OK, so I'm nervous about such a large patch series, but it took a lot
> > of work to break things down into atomic changes. This should be it
> > for the transmit path as far as I'm concerned.
>
> Thanks David for the efforts to break down the changes. I am still
> reviewing and testing the previous series and found some inconsistent
> results. I am not sure about the cause of the difference. For some
> tests, the throughput is improved(~1Mbps) but for some CI tests, the
> throughput is less compared(~1Mbps in same range) to the previous.
> Though not observed much difference.

There shouldn't be any significant performance regressions. From my
observations, +/-1Mbps in throughput is quite possible due to cache-
effects.

> Now the new patches are added to the same series so it is difficult to
> review them in one go.

Ah, OK, sorry about that. After the automated error reports, I waited
for a day or two and after not seeing any further feedback, I figured
it'd be fine to add to the series.

I take it that as long as a patch shows up in patchworks with a
state==Action required, I should assume the patch is being worked on
(or will be worked on).

> I have a request, incase there are new patches please include them in
> separate series.

I'm not planning on adding more patches.

--david