On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 01:04:09PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > > network packets are normally processed by the network packet interrupt's > > softirq or alternatively in the NAPI poll loop. > > If we have a high priority task, ksoftirqd may not get a chance to run.
In this case the next interrupt will also process them. It will just go more slowly because interrupts limit the work compared to ksoftirqd. -Andi -- a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
