Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: try to avoid unneeded backlog flush

2020-09-14 Thread David Miller
From: Paolo Abeni Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:33:18 +0200 > flush_all_backlogs() may cause deadlock on systems > running processes with FIFO scheduling policy. > > The above is critical in -RT scenarios, where user-space > specifically ensure no network activity is scheduled on > the CPU running t

[PATCH net-next v2] net: try to avoid unneeded backlog flush

2020-09-10 Thread Paolo Abeni
flush_all_backlogs() may cause deadlock on systems running processes with FIFO scheduling policy. The above is critical in -RT scenarios, where user-space specifically ensure no network activity is scheduled on the CPU running the mentioned FIFO process, but still get stuck. This commit tries to