From: "Theo de Raadt" Subject: Re: limit softnet threads to number of cpu To: Mark Kettenis Cc: mlarkin@nested.page, bluhm@openbsd.org, tech@openbsd.org Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:52:46 -0600 Mark Kettenis wrote: > That is somewhat related to the issue being discussed here. At least > my understanding is that NIC queues are tied to softnet threads. I am > wondering if creating the softnet threads "on demand" when the network > drivers attach would make sense. But I also think that at some point > we need a way to rebalance the interrupts over the available CPUs. It makes sense that later on we want to make the connection dynamic. But if we increase the threads now, the bugs will be found. Then it will become worthwhile to do that.