Subject: Re: understanding spl levels
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/29/2004 14:34:13
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Martin Husemann wrote:
> > * splnet is used for device driver interrupts
> > * splsoftnet is used for network protocol processing
>
> Yes, see also spl(9) and it's HISTORY section.
I did, but test for splsoftnet wasn't clear that it's for protocol
processing. Should we add that to the manpage?
--- spl.9 16 Apr 2003 13:35:34 -0000 1.21
+++ spl.9 29 Mar 2004 12:33:59 -0000
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
blocks hard interrupts from disks and other mass-storage
devices (IPL_BIO).
.It Fn splsoftnet
-blocks soft network interrupts (IPL_SOFTNET).
+blocks soft network interrupts used for protocol processing (IPL_SOFTNET).
Soft interrupts blocked by this priority are also blocked by all
of the priorities listed above.
.It Fn splsoftclock
- Hubert
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Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>