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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?

  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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