From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
Cc: gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
devel@linuxdriverproject.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org,
ohering@suse.com, Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: util: Invoke cn_netlink_send() in a work context
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:43:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111010114358.GA12665@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1318214548-22572-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com>
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 07:42:28PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> Invoke cn_netlink_send() in a work context as opposed being called
> in the context of channel callback. On entry into the channel callback
> code the channel inbound spin lock is held and deferring to a work
> context avoids having to invoke cn_netlink_send() while holding
> the inbound lock. As part of this adjustment, also increase the
> timeout value for waiting for the user level component of KVP.
As told a few times you really need to move away from the connector
before sumitting the KVP support. What about tackling that instead of
band aiding it?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-10 11:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-10 2:42 [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: util: Invoke cn_netlink_send() in a work context K. Y. Srinivasan
2011-10-10 11:43 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2011-10-10 14:10 ` KY Srinivasan
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