| commit | eb086ec59667df5b07d58176e21a5f523ead1d66 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> | Thu Oct 04 17:16:25 2012 -0700 |
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | Sat Oct 06 03:05:25 2012 +0900 |
| tree | 85c0fa90b4791659f128518115ca0df4ece88586 | |
| parent | 69cf2d85de773d998798e47e3335b85e5645d157 [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>