Re: [RFC] Yield in netlink_broadcast when congested

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:30:06 +1000
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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().
> 
> This gives the receivers a chance to pull down the messages without
> having the sender spinning indefinitely.  I've tested it on my UP
> machine and it does resolve the problem for ip monitor.
> 
> Comments anyone?

This looks great, patch applied.

Thanks Herbert.