> On Jul 27, 2017, at 4:12 AM, Sagi Grimberg <s...@grimberg.me> wrote: > > >>> Yes I realize that, but can't the device still complete in a burst (of >>> unsuppressed completions)? I mean its not guaranteed that for every >>> txq_complete a signaled completion is pending right? What happens if >>> the device has inconsistent completion pacing? Can't the sw grow a >>> batch of completions if txq_complete will process a single completion >>> unconditionally? >> Speculation. First of all, device doesn't delay completion notifications for >> no >> reason. ASIC is not a SW running on top of a OS. > > I'm sorry but this statement is not correct. It might be correct in a > lab environment, but in practice, there are lots of things that can > affect the device timing. Disagree.
[...] > Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <s...@grimberg.me> Thanks for ack! Yongseok