netdev - Re: [patch 01/13] KS8851: Fix ks8851 snl transmit problem

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Date:	Mon, 03 May 2010 14:13:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Tristram.Ha@...rel.Com
Cc:	ben@...tec.co.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org, support@...cantools.com
Subject: Re: [patch 01/13] KS8851: Fix ks8851 snl transmit problem

From: "Ha, Tristram" <Tristram.Ha@...rel.Com>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 14:11:41 -0700

> I thought the transmit check workqueue reschedules itself when the
> buffer available is still not enough, and this is the part you objected.

If it reschedules itself, it runs immediately.  That will just hog a cpu
endlessly until the TX packets start to be transmitted by the chip.  That's
just as bad a polling in a loop.

You need to use an hrtimer or similar.
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