Messages in this thread | | | From | kuznet@ms2 ... | Subject | Re: NAPI Race? | Date | Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:57:14 +0400 (MSD) |
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Hello!
> interrupted for some other reason, the packet will get processed only at > the next jiffie when the soft irq is invoked again. > > Am I mistaken?
Yes, you are wrong. It is processed as soon as possible.
> As an aside, it looks also as though the design might technically allow > the network driver to starve the CPU (the very situation NAPI was > designed to protect against).
Nope. NAPI is not expected to cure starvation caused by softirqs.
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