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Commit eb086ec5 authored by Ed L. Cashin's avatar Ed L. Cashin Committed by Linus Torvalds
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aoe: use a kernel thread for transmissions



The dev_queue_xmit function needs to have interrupts enabled, so the most
simple way to get the locking right but still fulfill that requirement is
to use a process that can call dev_queue_xmit serially over queued
transmissions.

Signed-off-by: default avatarEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 69cf2d85
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