netdev - Re: [PATCH] rfs: Receive Flow Steering

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Date:	Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:37:51 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rfs: Receive Flow Steering


> > +static inline void rps_record_sock_flow(struct rps_sock_flow_table *table,
> > +					u32 hash)
> > +{
> 
> Hmm, so rps_record_sock_flow() is always called from non preemptable
> contextes ?
> 
> > +	rps_set_sock_flow(table, hash, smp_processor_id());
> > +}
> > +

I had to change this to :

static inline void rps_record_sock_flow(struct rps_sock_flow_table *table, u32 hash)
{
	/* we only give a hint, preemption can change our cpu under us */
	rps_set_sock_flow(table, hash, raw_smp_processor_id());
}



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