On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 09:35:19AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> > /* Wait for outstanding qdisc_run calls. */
> > - while (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING, &dev->state))
> > - yield();
> > + do {
> > + while (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING, &dev->state))
> > + yield();
> > +
>
> Ouch!, is there really no sane locking alternative? Hashed waitqueues
> like for the page lock come to mind.
Well if we ever moved the transmission to full process context
then we'll gladly accept your patch :)
Cheers,
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