won't help.
it does not adjust the scheduler in that way, at all
> just wondering if anyone else has tried using renice to
> de-prioritise other processes in an effort to give more cpu
> time to packet forwarding in the kernel ?
>
> While Im certain that there significant risks to system stability
> and other functionality of the system if one were to carpet bomb
> the process list pids with renice 20. Perhaps the current defaults
> are for general purpose systems ? Perhaps other network
> Administrators have tweaked background processes where a system
> was a single purpose system such as a Router, Firewall or Bridge.
>
> Also is the softnet process (as seen by command top -SH) only
> interrupt handling of packets ?
> or does it cover processing (e.g. forwarding if enabled ) (either
> bridging or routing depending on network config)
>
> any advice welcome ...
>
> Thanks
> Tom Smyth
>
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