netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] RDS: fix rds-ping deadlock over TCP transport

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Message-ID: <562231ED.40403@oracle.com>
Date:	Sat, 17 Oct 2015 07:33:01 -0400
From:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ssantosh@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] RDS: fix rds-ping deadlock over TCP transport

On 10/16/2015 10:13 PM, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:

>
> But because of above recursive lock hang with RDS TCP,
> the send work from rds_send_pong() needs to deferred to
> worker to avoid lock up. Given RDS ping is more of connectivity
> test than performance critical path, its should be ok even
> for transport like IB.
>

Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
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