[PATCH 3/16] Spidernet RX Locking
Jeff Garzik
jgarzik at pobox.com
Thu Dec 7 21:09:20 EST 2006
Linas Vepstas wrote:
> The RX packet handling can be called from several
> places, yet does not protect the rx ring structure.
> This patch places the ring buffer pointers under a lock.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas at austin.ibm.com>
> Cc: James K Lewis <jklewis at us.ibm.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
This is a HUGELY invasive patch. A sledgehammer.
What /specifically/ are these "several places", and what other
non-sledgehammer approaches were discarded before arriving at this one?
Jeff
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