On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:25:00AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > I think someone failed to notice that using /proc/sys slowed to a crawl > in that event, and now that I am doing a lookup on register it seems to > showing up in the benchmarks.
The directory that is problematic rarely gets accessed. Fixing sysfs properly at some point would be a good idea, it's just one of those things that isn't quite high priority yet. > Benjamin can you test the patch below and tell me if it also > keeps the network device performance at acceptable levels. I can confirm that this patch does indeed put the regression at bay for now. -ben -- 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/