netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] mptcp: defer work schedule until mptcp lock is released

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:12:35 -0800 (PST)
From:   Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] mptcp: defer work schedule until mptcp lock
 is released

On Wed, 26 Feb 2020, Florian Westphal wrote:

> From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
>
> Don't schedule the work queue right away, instead defer this
> to the lock release callback.
>
> This has the advantage that it will give recv path a chance to
> complete -- this might have moved all pending packets from the
> subflow to the mptcp receive queue, which allows to avoid the
> schedule_work().
>
> Co-developed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>

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Mat Martineau
Intel