netdev - Re: TXQ real_num_tx_queues comments/questions

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:39:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TXQ real_num_tx_queues comments/questions

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:37:01 +0200

> From mac80211's POV it's just that select_queue must have known
> about the removed queue when the requeue is done. And we can defer
> the requeue to a workqueue.

Ok.

So you're proposing the requeue be deferred to a workqueue
and what else?  RCU protection around real_num_tx_queues
access?

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