netdev - Re: TXQ real_num_tx_queues comments/questions

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:25:23 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TXQ real_num_tx_queues comments/questions


[...]

> > I like the RCU variant better, as it means we don't need a "central"
> > lock that is taken for all tx queues, and it also allows other drivers
> > to actually change real_num_tx_queues in a similar fashion, should that
> > ever be required.
> 
> It seems to me that a simple synchronize_net() call near the end of
> agg queue removal would solve your problem as-is, wouldn't it?

Well, as far as I can tell we can't do that there because it's in
tasklet context/called under spinlocks so it has to be atomic. I think.

johannes

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