Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix NAPI handling under high load

[Florian Fainelli]

On 10/16/2018 5:23 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
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> On 10/16/2018 04:08 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
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>> I had started doing that about a month ago in light of the ixbge
>> ndo_poll_controller vs. napi problem, but have not had time to submit
>> that series yet:
>>
>> https://github.com/ffainelli/linux/commits/napi-check
>>
>> feel free to piggy back on top of that series if you would like to
>> address this.
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> 
> But the root cause was different, you remember ?
> 
> We fixed the real issue with netpoll ability to stick all NIC IRQ onto one
> victim CPU.

I do remember, after seeing the resolution I kind of decided to leave
this in a branch but not submit it because it was not particularly
relevant anymore.
-- 
Florian