ch the load to SMP here may be good thing(?).
Thanks.
John Ye
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ell.
The test is under way, it's not bad so far.
The queue spin_lock seems not cost much.
Below is the bcpp beautified module code. Last time code mess is caused by
outlook express which killed tabs.
Thanks.
John Ye
/*
* BOTTOM_SOFTIRQ_NET
* An implementation of bot
Dear Jamal,
Thanks, bothered you all.
I will look into the 2 issues. re-ordering and spinlock, and do extensive
test.
Once having result, no matter positive or negative, I will contact you.
The format will not be a mess any more.
John Ye
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patch ---
they are there only for accessing non-EXPORT_SYMBOLed kernel variables.
Thanks a lot for your thought.
John Ye
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mption, compared with
the gains by making other CPUs joint in the work.
I have made BS patch into a loadable module.
http://linux.chinaunix.net/bbs/thread-909725-2-1.html and let others help
with testing.
John Ye
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David,
Thanks for your reply. I understand it's not worth to do.
I have made it a loadable module to fulfill the function. it mainly for busy
NAT gateway server with SMP to speed up.
John Ye
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Bottom Softirq Implementation. John Ye, 2007.08.27
Why this patch:
Make kernel be able to concurrently execute softirq's net code on SMP
system.
Takes full advantages of SMP to handle more packets and greatly raises NIC
throughput.
The current kernel's net packet processing logic is:
