netdev - Re: [PATCH: 2.6.13-15-SMP 3/3] network: concurrently run softirq network code on SMP

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Message-Id: <1190375263.4261.36.camel@localhost>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:47:43 -0400
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	John Ye <johny@...mco.com.cn>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org,
	kaber@...eworks.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH: 2.6.13-15-SMP 3/3] network: concurrently run softirq
	network code on SMP

On Fri, 2007-21-09 at 07:43 -0400, jamal wrote:

> one cpu in either bottom/top half has to be slightly loaded and you
> loose the ordering where incoming doesnt match outgoing packet order. 

Actually in your case it gets worse because (if i read that code
correctly) you randomly select the CPUs.

cheers,
jamal

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