Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 13 Oct 2000 18:04:33 +0200 | From | Alexander Riesen <> | Subject | af_packet: recvfrom causing high processor load in system |
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Hi, dear community,
The problem: under heavy network load (2000 frame/sec and more, traffic produced with Fluke) reading from the packet socket (SOCK_PACKET) fully loads the processor every ~30 sec (PII-650). The higher is the traffic level, the longer is the "heavy system load" interval. I have tried two NICs (3COM with 3c90x and Kingstone with tulip), in promiscuous and normal mode - with the same effect.
Any help and/or information about this/such problem is greatly appreciated.
Does it cause dropping of packets ? Is there a way to workaround the processor load ?
Cheers, Alexander Riesen
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