linux-kernel - Re: [RFCv2 00/10] xhci: re-work command queue management

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Date:	Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:27:55 -0800
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com" <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFCv2 00/10] xhci: re-work command queue management

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:05 AM, David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com> wrote:
> From: Dan Williams
>> Yes, but I think we need to centralize the context under which
>> commands are submitted.  The complicating factor is the mix of
>> synchronous command submission and interrupt driven asynchronous
>> command queuing.  I think we can simplify it by making it all
>> submitted from a single event queue context.  I'm investigating if
>> that is a workable solution...
>
> Given that the entire network stack runs from (I believe) 'process level'
> contexts (NAPI functions),

Not really.  Much of the network stack runs under softirq context.
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