[PATCH 4/5] virtio-net: Introduce a new bottom half packet TX

2010-08-27 Thread Alex Williamson
Based on a patch from Mark McLoughlin, this patch introduces a new bottom half packet transmitter that avoids the latency imposed by the tx_timer approach. Rather than scheduling a timer when a TX packet comes in, schedule a bottom half to be run from the iothread. The bottom half handler first at

Re: [PATCH 4/5] virtio-net: Introduce a new bottom half packet TX

2010-08-31 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 04:37:36PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > Based on a patch from Mark McLoughlin, this patch introduces a new > bottom half packet transmitter that avoids the latency imposed by > the tx_timer approach. Rather than scheduling a timer when a TX > packet comes in, schedule a

Re: [PATCH 4/5] virtio-net: Introduce a new bottom half packet TX

2010-08-31 Thread Alex Williamson
On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 23:14 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 04:37:36PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > > Based on a patch from Mark McLoughlin, this patch introduces a new > > bottom half packet transmitter that avoids the latency imposed by > > the tx_timer approach. Ra

Re: [PATCH 4/5] virtio-net: Introduce a new bottom half packet TX

2010-09-01 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 02:33:46PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 23:14 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 04:37:36PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > > > Based on a patch from Mark McLoughlin, this patch introduces a new > > > bottom half packet tran