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SubjectRe: Process priority in 2.4.18 (RedHat 7.3)
A little more information:

On a dual system:
Running as root -> Single process app (50% total CPU)-> locks out network
Running as root -> Multi process app (100% total CPU) -> locks out network
Running unprivileged -> Single process(50%) -> Network works fine
Running unprivileged -> Multi process(100%) -> locks out network

Going to try a few other network cards if I find one.

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > So the problem would appear to be that your networking *requires*
> > ksoftirqd services to function. Either:
> >
> > 1) The driver is bust - its hard_start_xmit() function is failing
> > frequently, and relying on ksoftirqd to get things done (I think;
> > it's been a while). Or
>
> The ne2k card has little buffering.
>
> > 2) Something is wrong with the ksoftirqd design. Or
>
> I think its mostly #2. We invoke ksoftirq far far too easily.
>

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