[ofa-general] RE: [PATCH 1/4] [NET_SCHED] explict hold dev tx lock

Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P peter.p.waskiewicz.jr at intel.com
Mon Sep 24 17:31:46 PDT 2007


> > I really just need to put my nose to the grindstone and get the 
> > patches together and to the list...stay tuned.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > -PJ Waskiewicz
> > -
> 
> 
> Since we are redoing this, is there any way to make the whole 
> TX path more lockless?  The existing model seems to be more 
> of a monitor than a real locking model.

That seems quite reasonable.  I will certainly see what I can do.

Thanks Stephen,

-PJ Waskiewicz



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