Re: [RFC] Yield in netlink_broadcast when congested

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 01:51:37AM +0200, Thomas Graf wrote:
> > So here is my proposal: if we detect signs of impending congestion
> > in netlink_broadcast(), and that we're in a sleepable context, then
> > we yield().
> 
> Up to how many receivers does that work? We would still see the
> effect if too many receivers are registered, right?

Assuming the scheduler is fair then every listener should get their
time slice to receive the messages.

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