Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] tcp/dcpp: Un-pin tw_timer

Eric Dumazet <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:35:24 +0200

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 1:34 PM Valentin Schneider <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is v5 of the series where the tw_timer is un-pinned to get rid of
> interferences in isolated CPUs setups.
>
> The first patch is a new one stemming from Jakub's bug reported. It's there
> mainly to make the reviewing a bit easier, but as it changes behaviour it should
> be squashed with the second one.
>
> Revisions
> =========
>
> v4 -> v5
> ++++++++
>
> o Rebased against latest Linus' tree
> o Converted tw_timer into a delayed work following Jakub's bug report on v4
>   http://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

What was the issue again ?

Please explain precisely why it was fundamentally tied to the use of
timers (and this was not possible to fix the issue without
adding work queues and more dependencies to TCP stack)