> The one thing that seems obvious is to use > dev->hard_prep_xmit() in the patches i posted to select the > xmit ring. You should be able to do figure out the txmit ring > without holding any lock.
I've looked at that as a candidate to use. The lock for enqueue would be needed when actually placing the skb into the appropriate software queue for the qdisc, so it'd be quick. > I lost track of how/where things went since the last > discussion; so i need to wrap my mind around it to make > sensisble suggestions - I know the core patches are in the > kernel but havent paid attention to details and if you look > at my second patch youd see a comment in > dev_batch_xmit() which says i need to scrutinize multiqueue more. No worries. I'll try to get things together on my end and provide some patches to add a per-queue lock. In the meantime, I'll take a much closer look at the batching code, since I've stopped looking at the patches in-depth about a month ago. :-( Thanks, -PJ Waskiewicz - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
