If possible, avoid having to do a transmit softirq when a qdisc watchdog decides to re-enable. The watchdog routine runs off a timer, so it is already in the same effective context as the softirq. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- net/sched/sch_api.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- net-2.6.22.orig/net/sched/sch_api.c +++ net-2.6.22/net/sched/sch_api.c @@ -296,10 +296,16 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart qdisc_watchd { struct qdisc_watchdog *wd = container_of(timer, struct qdisc_watchdog, timer); + struct net_device *dev = wd->qdisc->dev; wd->qdisc->flags &= ~TCQ_F_THROTTLED; smp_wmb(); - netif_schedule(wd->qdisc->dev); + if (spin_trylock(&dev->queue_lock)) { + qdisc_run(dev); + spin_unlock(&dev->queue_lock); + } else + netif_schedule(dev); + return HRTIMER_NORESTART; } -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html