From: Shannon Nelson <snel...@pensando.io> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:50:43 -0700
> On 7/23/19 2:33 PM, David Miller wrote: >> Generally interface address changes are expected to be synchronous. > Yeah, this bothers me a bit as well, but the address change calls come > in under spin_lock_bh(), and I'm reluctant to make an AdminQ call > under the _bh that could block for a few seconds. So it's not about memory allocation but rather the fact that the device might take a while to complete? Can you start the operation synchronously yet complete it async?
