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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:44:12 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: raise.sail@...il.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rps: introduce a new sysctl switch rps_workaround_buggy_driver From: Li Yu <raise.sail@...il.com> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:31:00 +0800 > > We encountered a buggy NIC driver or hardware/firmware, it keeps > non-zero constant skb->rxhash for long time, so if we enabled RPS, > the targeted CPU keeps same for long time too. > > This patch introduces a sysctl switch to workaround for such problem, > if the switch was on, RPS core discards the skb->rxhash that is > computed by NIC hardware. > > Hope this patch also can help others, thanks. > > Signed-off-by Li Yu <bingtian.ly@...bao.com> No way, we fix the drivers not add workarounds like this. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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