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From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Subject: Re: Multicast packet loss
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:56:26 +0100
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Christoph Lameter a =E9crit :
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>=20
>> 2.6.29-rc contains UDP receive improvements (lockless)
>>
>> Problem is multicast handling was not yet updated, but could be :)
>=20
> When will that happen?
>=20

When proven necessary :)

Kenny problem is about scheduling storm. The extra spin_lock() in UDP=20
multicast receive is not a problem.