netdev - Re: [PATCH] Software receive packet steering

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Message-ID: <20090408160948.2257d311@s6510>
Date:	Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:09:48 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Software receive packet steering

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:48:12 -0700
Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com> wrote:

> -extern int		netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
> +extern int            __netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
> +
> +static inline int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SOFTRPS
> +	return netif_rx(skb);
> +#else
> +	return __netif_receive_skb(skb);
> +#endif
> +}

Ugh, this forces all devices receiving back into a single backlog
queue.
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