On 27/09/18 17:32, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> As diagnosed by Song Liu, ndo_poll_controller() can
> be very dangerous on loaded hosts, since the cpu
> calling ndo_poll_controller() might steal all NAPI
> contexts (for all RX/TX queues of the NIC). This capture
> can last for unlimited amount of time, si
As diagnosed by Song Liu, ndo_poll_controller() can
be very dangerous on loaded hosts, since the cpu
calling ndo_poll_controller() might steal all NAPI
contexts (for all RX/TX queues of the NIC). This capture
can last for unlimited amount of time, since one
cpu is generally not able to drain all th
