Steve Wise wrote:
Ben Greear wrote:
Steve Wise wrote:
I think pktgen should be cloning the skbs using skb_clone(). Then
it will work for all devices, eh?
That might work, but it would decrease performance slightly (or,
increase CPU load at least).
Perf-wise, you could clone the skbs up front, then deliver them to the
nic in a tight loop. This would mitigate the added overhead
introduced by calling skb_clone() in the loop doing transmits...
That only works if you are sending a small number of skbs. You can't
pre-clone several minutes worth of 10Gbe traffic
with any normal amount of RAM.
Maybe a new option: multi_clone
If the current code is busted, I think it should be fixed.
Well, it works fine when used correctly :)
Ben
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