netdev - Re: [RFC][NET_SCHED] explict hold dev tx lock

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Message-Id: <1189975939.4230.19.camel@localhost>
Date:	Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:52:19 -0400
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, dada1@...mosbay.com, johnpol@....mipt.ru
Subject: Re: [RFC][NET_SCHED] explict hold dev tx lock

On Sun, 2007-16-09 at 16:41 -0400, jamal wrote:

> indeed. 
> Ok, maybe i am thinking too hard with that patch, so help me out:->

Ok, that was probably too much of an explanation. What i should say is
if i grabbed the lock explicitly without disabling irqs it wont be much
different than what is done today and should always work.
No?

cheers,
jamal

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