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authorEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>2012-10-05 00:16:25 (GMT)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-05 18:05:25 (GMT)
commiteb086ec59667df5b07d58176e21a5f523ead1d66 (patch)
tree85c0fa90b4791659f128518115ca0df4ece88586 /drivers/vme
parent69cf2d85de773d998798e47e3335b85e5645d157 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-eb086ec59667df5b07d58176e21a5f523ead1d66.tar.xz
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>
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