netdev - Re: Softirqs without captured packets

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Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2013 21:02:41 +0100
From:	Javier Domingo <javierdo1@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Softirqs without captured packets

Sorry, I think I misexplained,

I wanted to say net's receive softirq: net_rx_action, not softirqs in general.

Javier Domingo


2013/2/8 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:
> From: Javier Domingo <javierdo1@...il.com>
> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 20:54:14 +0100
>
>> Just realized I didn't put the file:
>
> Softirqs happen for TX packet reclaim, other miscelanneous networking
> device events (link status changes, hw statistic overflows, etc.),
> timers, etc.
>
> They are not exclusively triggered for receive packets.
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