Re: Firewire

Ben Collins
2003-07-25T17:03:49Z

On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 10:02:55AM -0700, Chris Ruvolo wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 12:18:04PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > Ok, in ieee1394_core.c, when it does the "packet removed in
> > abort_timedouts" could you make it print the value of jiffies, expire
> > and packet->sendtime?
>
>
> So, abort_timedouts() is called by the scheduler as part of work queue
> handling? Every HZ or based on the expire timeout?

Hmm. It's scheduled as soon as there are pending_packets, and it is
rescheduled as long as the pending_packets list isn't empty. Maybe it
isn't relinquishing enough time to the nodemgr to get it's job done.

I think that's the problem. Let me code up a patch.

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