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Bug ID 6634075
Synopsis global counter nxge_mblks_pending is getting too hot
State 11-Closed:Verified (Closed)
Category:Subcategory driver:nxge
Keywords SAE | no_maramba | opl-io-cards | pae-networking | pae-nxge | spbc_s10X
Responsible Engineer May Lin
Reported Against
Duplicate Of
Introduced In solaris_nevada
Commit to Fix snv_81
Fixed In snv_81
Release Fixed solaris_nevada(snv_81) , solaris_10u6(s10u6_01) (Bug ID:2157221)
Related Bugs 6480959 , 6586066 , 6644935 , 6699662
Submit Date 27-November-2007
Last Update Date 26-September-2008
Description 
Every platform has a limit on how frequently a cache line can be
atomically updated.  In the general case with many CPUs updating
the cache line, there is an upper bound which is the reciprocal
of the cache-to-cache transfer latency for a dirty cache line.
Work Around 
N/A
Comments 
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