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aoe: use a kernel thread for transmissions
authorEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:16:25 +0000 (17:16 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 5 Oct 2012 18:05:25 +0000 (03:05 +0900)
commitf973a33c79027558df596f8ba97983523dc09cf1
tree85c0fa90b4791659f128518115ca0df4ece88586tree | snapshot
parent930284f80219dd0a9262753722559244c991798ccommit | diff
aoe: use a kernel thread for transmissions

The dev_queue_xmit function needs to have interrupts enabled, so the most
simple way to get the locking right but still fulfill that requirement is
to use a process that can call dev_queue_xmit serially over queued
transmissions.

Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h diff | blob | history
drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c diff | blob | history
drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c diff | blob | history
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