Changing the dev_weight sysctl parameter has no effect because the weight of the backlog devices is set during initialization and never changed. Fix this by propogating changes. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Index: linux-2.6.12-rc4-tcp2/net/core/dev.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.12-rc4-tcp2.orig/net/core/dev.c +++ linux-2.6.12-rc4-tcp2/net/core/dev.c @@ -1636,6 +1636,7 @@ static int process_backlog(struct net_de struct softnet_data *queue = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data); unsigned long start_time = jiffies; + backlog_dev->weight = weight_p; for (;;) { struct sk_buff *skb; struct net_device *dev;