2007/12/12, Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>:
> Isn't this a better fix for all drivers, rather than peppering every
> driver with the special case. This is how the logic worked up until
> 2.6.24.
>
>
> --- a/net/core/dev.c 2007-12-11 12:16:20.000000000 -0800
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c 2007-12-11 21:43:39.000000000 -0800
> @@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ static void net_rx_action(struct softirq
>
> have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);
>
> - weight = n->weight;
> + weight = min(n->weight, budget);
>
> /* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
> * with netpoll's poll_napi(). Only the entity which
>
Stephen,
Could you explain how it fix the problem?
IMHO I think your patch cannot solve the problem.
The drivers can call netif_rx_complete and net_rx_action can do
list_move_tail also.
Am I missing something?
Thanks
Joonwoo
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