From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:14:54 +0100 > This patchset is the first real use-case for kmem_cache bulk _free_. > The use of bulk _alloc_ is NOT included in this patchset. The full use > have previously been posted here [1]. > > The bulk free side have the largest benefit for the network stack > use-case, because network stack is hitting the kmem_cache/SLUB > slowpath when freeing SKBs, due to the amount of outstanding SKBs. > This is solved by using the new API kmem_cache_free_bulk(). > > Introduce new API napi_consume_skb(), that hides/handles bulk freeing > for the caller. The drivers simply need to use this call when freeing > SKBs in NAPI context, e.g. replacing their calles to dev_kfree_skb() / > dev_consume_skb_any(). > > Driver ixgbe is the first user of this new API. > > [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/384302/focus=397373 Series applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>