Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/tap: add Rx trigger

2017-03-14 Thread Wiles, Keith
> On Mar 14, 2017, at 8:51 PM, Adrien Mazarguil > wrote: > > This commit adds a signal-based trigger to the Rx burst function in order > to avoid unnecessary system calls while Rx queues are empty. > > Triggered Rx bursts put less pressure on the kernel, free up CPU resources > for application

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/tap: add Rx trigger

2017-03-14 Thread Adrien Mazarguil
This commit adds a signal-based trigger to the Rx burst function in order to avoid unnecessary system calls while Rx queues are empty. Triggered Rx bursts put less pressure on the kernel, free up CPU resources for applications and result in a noticeable performance improvement when sharing CPU thr