netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] ucc_geth: Lockless xmit

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Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:09:50 +0200
From:	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ucc_geth: Lockless xmit

Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com> wrote on 2012/09/24 23:10:14:
>
> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se> :
> [...]
> > I don't get it. The skb test is there just for one special case, when
> > the BD ring is empty the (bd_status & T_R) == 0 will be true as well so
> > one need something more than the bd_status test.
>
> Sure but the converse is not true : (bd_status & T_R) == 0 && skb does not
> mean that the skb has been sent. It happens when said skb is about to be
> given to the hardware by hard_start_xmit as well.

duhh, I was too tired when trying to make sense of smp & racing in general, thanks.

Will probably be some time before I get to this again due to other stuff though.
The other patches are independent of this one, I hope they are good/accepted?

  Jocke

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