Re: network softirq

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On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Amit Shah wrote:

>       so what i basically want to know is does everything happen what i
> mentioned above happen in one go or it just gives it to ip_rcv() and returns
> and then moves on to the next packet in the IP input queue.

IMHO, it would have to finish everything since this isnt a microkernel. 
For the function ip_rcv to return, it would have to complete all the 
tasks.

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