From: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 07:29:50 -0700
> We already have ksoftirqd to normally cope with the case you are > describing. > > If it is not working as intended, please identify the bugs and fix them, > instead of adding yet another tests in fast path and extra complexity in > the stack. +1 Indeed, if ksoftirqd is not doing it's job, please fix it. It is designed exactly to deal with the problems described here.