Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] net: threadable napi poll loop

From: David Miller
Date: Tue May 10 2016 - 11:51:46 EST


From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 07:29:50 -0700

> We already have ksoftirqd to normally cope with the case you are
> describing.
>
> If it is not working as intended, please identify the bugs and fix them,
> instead of adding yet another tests in fast path and extra complexity in
> the stack.

+1

Indeed, if ksoftirqd is not doing it's job, please fix it. It is designed
exactly to deal with the problems described here.