Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] virtio-net: keep tx interrupts disabled unless kick

2021-04-13 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:27:16AM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 1:06 AM Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 01:49:30PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > > > From: Willem de Bruijn > > > > > > Tx napi mode increases the rate of transmit interrupts.

Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] virtio-net: keep tx interrupts disabled unless kick

2021-04-13 Thread Willem de Bruijn
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 1:06 AM Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 01:49:30PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > > From: Willem de Bruijn > > > > Tx napi mode increases the rate of transmit interrupts. Suppress some > > by masking interrupts while more packets are expected. The i

Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] virtio-net: keep tx interrupts disabled unless kick

2021-04-12 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 01:49:30PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > From: Willem de Bruijn > > Tx napi mode increases the rate of transmit interrupts. Suppress some > by masking interrupts while more packets are expected. The interrupts > will be reenabled before the last packet is sent. > > Thi