Re: [PATCH 07/17] net: convert sock.sk_refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t

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Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-03-17 at 07:42 +0000, Reshetova, Elena wrote:
> 
>> Should we then first measure the actual numbers to understand what we
>> are talking here about? 
>> I would be glad to do it if you suggest what is the correct way to do
>> measurements here to actually reflect the real life use cases. 
> 
> How have these patches been tested in real life exactly ?
> 
> Can you quantify number of added cycles per TCP packet, where I expect
> we have maybe 20 atomic operations in all layers ...

I completely agree.  I think this thing needs to default to the
existing atomic_t behaviour.

Thanks,
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