linux-stable/net
Eric Dumazet e326bed2f4 rps: immediate send IPI in process_backlog()
If some skb are queued to our backlog, we are delaying IPI sending at
the end of net_rx_action(), increasing latencies. This defeats the
queueing, since we want to quickly dispatch packets to the pool of
worker cpus, then eventually deeply process our packets.

It's better to send IPI before processing our packets in upper layers,
from process_backlog().

Change the _and_disable_irq suffix to _and_enable_irq(), since we enable
local irq in net_rps_action(), sorry for the confusion.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-22 00:22:45 -07:00
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9p Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs 2010-04-05 13:42:54 -07:00
802 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
8021q Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
appletalk Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
atm net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
ax25 net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
bluetooth net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
bridge Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-21 01:14:25 -07:00
caif net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
can can: avoids a false warning 2010-04-13 03:03:14 -07:00
core rps: immediate send IPI in process_backlog() 2010-04-22 00:22:45 -07:00
dcb include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
dccp net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
decnet net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
dsa Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
econet include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
ethernet ethernet: print protocol in host byte order 2010-04-21 22:57:19 -07:00
ieee802154 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-06 08:34:06 -07:00
ipv4 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-21 01:14:25 -07:00
ipv6 tcp: Mark v6 response packets as CHECKSUM_PARTIAL 2010-04-21 14:59:20 -07:00
ipx include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
irda net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
iucv net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
key include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
l2tp net: replace ipfragok with skb->local_df 2010-04-15 23:36:37 -07:00
lapb include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
llc net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-21 01:14:25 -07:00
netfilter net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
netlabel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-06 08:34:06 -07:00
netlink Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
netrom net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
packet Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-21 01:14:25 -07:00
phonet include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
rds net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
rfkill Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
rose net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
rxrpc net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
sched net: Fix various endianness glitches 2010-04-20 19:06:52 -07:00
sctp net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-21 01:14:25 -07:00
tipc net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
unix net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
wanrouter headers: smp_lock.h redux 2009-07-12 12:22:34 -07:00
wimax Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
wireless Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem 2010-04-15 16:21:34 -04:00
x25 net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
xfrm net: Fix various endianness glitches 2010-04-20 19:06:52 -07:00
compat.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
Kconfig l2tp: Split pppol2tp patch into separate l2tp and ppp parts 2010-04-03 14:56:02 -07:00
Makefile l2tp: Split pppol2tp patch into separate l2tp and ppp parts 2010-04-03 14:56:02 -07:00
nonet.c
socket.c fasync: RCU and fine grained locking 2010-04-21 16:19:29 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: spread __net_init, __net_exit 2010-01-17 19:16:02 -08:00
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