Re: [PATCH 3/6] virtio net driver

Christian Borntraeger
2007-09-21T14:42:25Z

Am Freitag, 21. September 2007 schrieb Herbert Xu:
> Please don't use LLTX in new drivers. We're trying to get rid
> of it since it's
>
> 1) unnecessary;
> 2) causes problems with AF_PACKET seeing things twice.

Ok, but then I cannot reuse the xmit lock in an interrupt handler. Otherwise
deadlock can occur because hard_start_xmit has interrupts enabled.

Rusty, seems we need an additional lock.

Christian