Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: Use SMP threads for backlog NAPI (or optional).

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed Oct 04 2023 - 18:46:14 EST


On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:20:18 +0200 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> - Patch #2 has been removed. Removing the warning is still an option.
>
> - There are two patches in the series:
> - Patch #1 always creates backlog threads
> - Patch #2 creates the backlog threads if requested at boot time,
> mandatory on PREEMPT_RT.
> So it is either or and I wanted to show how both look like.
>
> - The kernel test robot reported a performance regression with
> loopback (stress-ng --udp X --udp-ops Y) against the RFC version.
> The regression is now avoided by using local-NAPI if backlog
> processing is requested on the local CPU.

Not what we asked for, and it doesn't apply.