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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/napi.rst b/Documentation/networking/napi.rst index a15754adb041..7dd60366f4ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/napi.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/napi.rst @@ -433,9 +433,8 @@ Threaded NAPI Threaded NAPI is an operating mode that uses dedicated kernel threads rather than software IRQ context for NAPI processing. -The configuration is per netdevice and will affect all -NAPI instances of that device. Each NAPI instance will spawn a separate -thread (called ``napi/${ifc-name}-${napi-id}``). +Each threaded NAPI instance will spawn a separate thread +(called ``napi/${ifc-name}-${napi-id}``). It is recommended to pin each kernel thread to a single CPU, the same CPU as the CPU which services the interrupt. Note that the mapping |