netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kaweth: Fix locking to be SMP-safe

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Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:39:08 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	jgarzik@...ox.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kaweth: Fix locking to be SMP-safe

Am Montag 30 März 2009 17:58:28 schrieb Larry Finger:
> Oliver Neukum wrote:

> > Thanks for this report and the patch. I think, however that it introduces
> > unneeded locking. It seems to me that we should be fine if we fix
> > kaweth_start_xmit(). That code assumes that it is called with interrupts
> > off and under a spinlock. Is that incorrect?
>
> You are correct in that only the locking in kaweth_start_xmit() needs to be
> changed to lock out the other CPU's. In my testing under extreme conditions

Very good.

> (X server over the network), the interface stalled with no logged messages.

Do you get something with sysrq-t ?

	Regards
		Oliver

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