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Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 16:35:36 -0500
From: Joshua Stewart <joshua.stewart@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: From __cpu_raise_softirq() to net_rx_action()
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After I understand it all, I will not be against putting together an
explanation of the whole process and posting it back to this mailing
list, or trying to find a Linux website that will host it.  Is this type
of this suitable for the Linux Documentation Project website?

Josh

On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 16:15, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Joshua Stewart wrote:
> 
> | I'm still trying to follow a packet (or even better an sk_buff) from the
> | NIC card to user space.  I think I have a good chunk of it figured out,
> | but I'm missing a bit from the time that the __netif_rx_schedule()
> | routine calls __cpu_raise_softirq() until the routine net_rx_action()
> | occurs.  I read in a book on Linux TCP/IP implementation that the
> | softirq basically leads to a call to net_rx_action(), but I don't see
> | the connection yet.  It's probably due to my lack of understanding of
> | IRQ's (and software IRQ's).
> |
> | Any help is appreciated.
> 
> What are you going to do with this good info when you have it?
> Something like putting it on a web page would be very good, so that
> other people with similar questions can have a reference to look at.
> 
> -- 
> ~Randy
> 
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