On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:55:25 -0800 (PST) David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:52:19 +1100 > > > Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I noticed this bit of discussion in tcp_recvmsg. It implies that a better > > > queuing policy would be good. But it is confusing English (Alexey?) so > > > not sure where to start. > > > > Actually I think the comment says that the current code isn't the > > most elegant but is more efficient. > > It's just explaining the hierarchy of queues that need to > be purged, and in what order, for correctness. > > Alexey added that code when I mentioned to him, right after > we added the prequeue, that it was possible process the > normal backlog before the prequeue, which is illegal. > In fixing that bug, he added the comment we are discussing. It was the realtime/normal comments that piqued my interest. Perhaps we should either tweak process priority or remove the comments. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
