netdev - Re: Softirqs without captured packets

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Message-Id: <20130208.145728.1110053781319882182.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:57:28 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	javierdo1@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Softirqs without captured packets

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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