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Merge branch 'pktgen'
Jesper Dangaard Brouer says:
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Optimizing pktgen for single CPU performance
This series focus on optimizing "pktgen" for single CPU performance.
V2-series:
- Removed some patches
- Doc real reason for TX ring buffer filling up
NIC tuning for pktgen:
http://netoptimizer.blogspot.dk/2014/06/pktgen-for-network-overload-testing.html
General overload setup according to:
http://netoptimizer.blogspot.dk/2014/04/basic-tuning-for-network-overload.html
Hardware:
System: CPU E5-2630
NIC: Intel ixgbe/82599 chip
Testing done with net-next git tree on top of
commit 6623b41944 ("Merge branch 'master' of...jkirsher/net-next")
Pktgen script exercising race condition:
https://github.com/netoptimizer/network-testing/blob/master/pktgen/unit_test01_race_add_rem_device_loop.sh
Tool for measuring LOCK overhead:
https://github.com/netoptimizer/network-testing/blob/master/src/overhead_cmpxchg.c
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
