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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/2] net: Use SMP threads for backlog NAPI.
On Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:35:26 +0200 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> The RPS code and "deferred skb free" both send IPI/ function call
> to a remote CPU in which a softirq is raised. This leads to a warning on
> PREEMPT_RT because raising softiqrs from function call led to undesired
> behaviour in the past. I had duct tape in RT for the "deferred skb free"
> and Wander Lairson Costa reported the RPS case.

Could you find a less invasive solution?
backlog is used by veth == most containerized environments.
This change has a very high risk of regression for a lot of people.

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