Re: TCP and NET_MPSAFE

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On May 2, 2026, at 8:46 AM, Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> If a platform really wanted to use hardware support as the scheduling trigger and had 2 hardware levels to throw at it, I would say:
> 
>    clock > net == serial >= bio >= gen
> 
> I.e. clock always on top, net and serial always equal, and an opportunistic (or software-only) prioritization below that.  But I’m willing to be convinced otherwise if there’s a good argument for a different ordering.

BTW, by “net and serial always equal” I’m not saying they should be the same soft-interrupt thread; rather, they should be distinct threads with the same scheduler priority.

-- thorpej