[Lguest] [kvm-devel] [PATCH 3/6] virtio net driver

[Christian Borntraeger]

Am Freitag, 21. September 2007 schrieb Herbert Xu:
> Please don't use LLTX in new drivers.  We're trying to get rid
> of it since it's
> 
> 1) unnecessary;
> 2) causes problems with AF_PACKET seeing things twice.

Ok, but then I cannot reuse the xmit lock in an interrupt handler. Otherwise 
deadlock can occur because hard_start_xmit has interrupts enabled. 

Rusty, seems we need an additional lock.

Christian