whoops I meant irq latency there.
>> but it seems not a big issue, as right now a ret from syscall will act
>> like while returning from an irq after the bottom half path.
>
>bh latency is important in some cases, and often we do not return to
>userspace for millisecs (tens of millisecs in other cases). This might
>even explain some of the TCP oddities.
Yes, agreed.
Andrea
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