linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] aoe: print warning regarding a common reason for dropped transmits

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Message-Id: <20121017150930.aae0cf0b.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:09:30 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] aoe: print warning regarding a common reason for
 dropped transmits

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:42:43 -0700
Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com> wrote:

> Dropped transmits are not common, but when they do occur, increasing
> the transmit queue length often helps.
>
> ...
>
> +/* enters with txlock held
> + *
> + * Use __must_hold(&txlock) for sparse when upcoming patch adds it to
> + * compiler.h.
> + */

Let's just make that change now and I'll take care of getting
linux-compilerh-add-__must_hold-macro-for-functions-called-with-a-lock-held.patch
merged ahead of this one.

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