On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 07:13:14PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Sorry... I should also point out that I was thinking of tulip > architecture and similar architectures, where you have a fixed number of > Skbs allocated at all times, and that number doesn't change for the > lifetime of the driver. > > Clearly not all cases would benefit from skb recycling, but there are a > number of rx-ring-based systems where this would be useful, and (AFAICS) > reduce the work needed to be done by the system, and reduce the amount > of overall DMA traffic by a bit. A simple way to do it currently is just to compare the new skb with the old one. If it is the same, do a shortcut. That should usually work out when the system has enough memory. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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