Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] virtio-net: keep tx interrupts disabled unless kick

2021-04-13 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:27:16AM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 1:06 AM Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 01:49:30PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > > > From: Willem de Bruijn > > > > > > Tx napi mode increases the rate of transmit interrupts.

Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] virtio-net: keep tx interrupts disabled unless kick

2021-04-13 Thread Willem de Bruijn
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 1:06 AM Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 01:49:30PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > > From: Willem de Bruijn > > > > Tx napi mode increases the rate of transmit interrupts. Suppress some > > by masking interrupts while more packets are expected. The i

Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] virtio-net: keep tx interrupts disabled unless kick

2021-04-12 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 01:49:30PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > From: Willem de Bruijn > > Tx napi mode increases the rate of transmit interrupts. Suppress some > by masking interrupts while more packets are expected. The interrupts > will be reenabled before the last packet is sent. > > Thi

[PATCH net-next v3 5/5] virtio-net: keep tx interrupts disabled unless kick

2017-04-24 Thread Willem de Bruijn
From: Willem de Bruijn Tx napi mode increases the rate of transmit interrupts. Suppress some by masking interrupts while more packets are expected. The interrupts will be reenabled before the last packet is sent. This optimization reduces the througput drop with tx napi for unidirectional flows