[openib-general] Fwd: issues in ipoib

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Tue Aug 1 16:37:55 PDT 2006


 > Hmm. Since we are lockless, could ipoib_start_xmit run even after we call
 > netif_stop_queue?  Since interrupts are disabled anyway, can we just just take
 > tx_lock?  How does the following look?

ipoib_start_xmit() can run after netif_stop_queue() but it will return
immediately (before touching the skb) if the queue is stopped.

But this fix is probably cleaner anyway.

 - R.




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