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   From: J=F6rn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
   Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 19:43:19 +0200
   =

   What contention were you talking about? :)

Actually, your idea is interesting.  Are you going to use
per-cpu workspaces?

I think the best scheme is 2 per-cpu workspaces, one for
normal and one for softirq context.

No locking needed whatsoever.  I hope it can work :-)