netdev - Question on Lockless TX

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Message-ID: <CAJzFV37OPJVVx3rO=L9RRZFn8NajiR1HZuZEZ8M3SepXTsMQ6A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:29:14 -0600
From:	Sharat Masetty <sharat04@...il.com>
To:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Question on Lockless TX

Can someone explain to me, why would a driver choose to implement
Lockless TX? What are the advantages/disadvantages of choosing to do
so?Any performance benefits? A reference to a sample driver
implementation would be helpful to understand.

Thanks
Sharat
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