netdev - Re: [RFC v2: Patch 1/3] net: hand off skb list to other cpu to submit to upper layer

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Message-ID: <20090314015150.GL11935@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:51:50 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, andi@...stfloor.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v2: Patch 1/3] net: hand off skb list to other cpu to submit to upper layer

> We are trying to follow the decisions scheduler as opposed to leading it.
> This works on very loaded systems, with applications binding to cpusets,

One possible solution would be then to just not bind to cpusets and
give the scheduler the freedom it needs instead?

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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