Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 08/15] net: softnet_data: Make xmit.recursion per task.

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Jun 14 2024 - 12:04:20 EST


On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:08:42 +0200
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Is this what we want or not?
>
> I personally think (fear mostly) there is still the potential for some
> (performance) regression. I think it would be safer to introduce this
> change under a compiler conditional and eventually follow-up with a
> patch making the code generic.
>
> Should such later change prove to be problematic, we could revert it
> without impacting the series as a whole.

That makes sense to me.

-- Steve