CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: d...@cvs.openbsd.org 2018/01/02 00:08:10
Modified files:
sys/net : ifq.c ifq.h
Log message:
reintroduce tx mitigation
to quote the previous commit:
> this replaces ifq_start with code that waits until at least 4 packets
> have been queued on the ifq before calling the drivers start routine.
> if less than 4 packets get queued, the start routine is called from
> a task in a softnet tq.
>
> 4 packets was chosen this time based on testing sephe did in dfly
> which showed no real improvement when bundling more packets. hrvoje
> popovski tested this on several nics and found an improvement of
> 10 to 20 percent when forwarding across the board.
>
> because some of the ifq's work could be sitting on a softnet tq,
> ifq_barrier now calls taskq_barrier to guarantee any work that was
> pending there has finished.
>
> ok mpi@ visa@
this was backed out because of a race in the net80211 stack that
anton@ hit. mpi@ committed a workaround for it in revision 1.30 of
src/sys/net80211/ieee80211_pae_output.c.
im putting this in again so we can see what breaks next.
