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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3a2b8be9e67b..8f9d3b38a44b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule);
static void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
{
struct list_head *list = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data).poll_list;
- unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+ unsigned long time_limit = jiffies + 2;
int budget = netdev_budget;
void *have;
@@ -2384,13 +2384,10 @@ static void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
int work, weight;
/* If softirq window is exhuasted then punt.
- *
- * Note that this is a slight policy change from the
- * previous NAPI code, which would allow up to 2
- * jiffies to pass before breaking out. The test
- * used to be "jiffies - start_time > 1".
+ * Allow this to run for 2 jiffies since which will allow
+ * an average latency of 1.5/HZ.
*/
- if (unlikely(budget <= 0 || jiffies != start_time))
+ if (unlikely(budget <= 0 || time_after(jiffies, time_limit)))
goto softnet_break;
local_irq_enable();
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