netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2]: pkt_sched: Convert qdisc_watchdog to tasklet

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Date:	Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jarkao2@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2]: pkt_sched: Convert qdisc_watchdog to
 tasklet_hrtimer

From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:36:41 +0000

> On 22-08-2009 02:03, David Miller wrote:
>> None of this stuff should execute in hw IRQ context, therefore
>> use a tasklet_hrtimer so that it runs in softirq context.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>> ---
> ...
>>  void qdisc_watchdog_cancel(struct qdisc_watchdog *wd)
>>  {
>> -	hrtimer_cancel(&wd->timer);
>> +	tasklet_hrtimer_cancel(&wd->timer);
>>  	wd->qdisc->flags &= ~TCQ_F_THROTTLED;
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdisc_watchdog_cancel);
> 
> I've had a second look at it and I wonder why it's not reported, but
> since qdisc_watchdog_cancel is run in qdisc_reset with BHs disabled
> it seems there should be (at least) a warning triggered in
> tasklet_kill on positive in_interrupt test (unless I miss something,
> but can't test it now).

There are a lot of unknowns about this stuff.

It's very likely I'm going to simply revert these two patches
and try to work on these issues in net-next-2.6 instead.
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