On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 09:05:01AM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> writes: > > >>Err, no. Chris is completely correct: > >> > >> if (!in_interrupt()) > >> wakeup_softirqd(); > > > > Yes you have to wake it up just in case, but it doesn't normally > > process the data because a normal softirq comes in faster. It's > > just a safety policy. > > What about the scenario I raised earlier, where we have incoming network > packets,
network packets are normally processed by the network packet interrupt's softirq or alternatively in the NAPI poll loop. -Andi -- a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
