Hello
davem> We know streaming services and NFS use UDP protocol.
davem> This means IP defragmentation is processed heavily,
davem> as their packets are very large.
davem>
davem> We should allocate "incomplete detagram queue" using
davem> kmem_cache_alloc() instead of kmalloc().
davem>
davem> Did you really measure a performance improvement due
davem> to your changes?
>No, not yet.
davem> Also, using kmem_find_general_cachep() will probably give
davem> you %90 of whatever gain your changes might obtain.
>Yes you are right.
>But I'd like to chage it if there're any chance to improve
>performance even if it would be little.
But kmalloc() calls kmem_cache_alloc() in turn. So whether
you call kmalloc or kmem_cache_alloc it is getting allocated
from slab cache. Am I missing something here?
Regards,
Mala
Mala Anand
E-mail:manand@us.ibm.com
Linux Technology Center - Performance
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