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| author | Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> | 2012-10-05 02:16:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-10-05 20:05:25 +0200 |
| commit | eb086ec59667df5b07d58176e21a5f523ead1d66 (patch) | |
| tree | 85c0fa90b4791659f128518115ca0df4ece88586 /drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h | |
| parent | aoe: become I/O request queue handler for increased user control (diff) | |
| download | linux-eb086ec59667df5b07d58176e21a5f523ead1d66.tar.xz linux-eb086ec59667df5b07d58176e21a5f523ead1d66.zip | |
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: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h index 8c4f6d942e05..d0087de1780e 100644 --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h @@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ struct sk_buff *aoecmd_ata_id(struct aoedev *); void aoe_freetframe(struct frame *); void aoe_flush_iocq(void); void aoe_end_request(struct aoedev *, struct request *, int); +int aoe_ktstart(struct ktstate *k); +void aoe_ktstop(struct ktstate *k); int aoedev_init(void); void aoedev_exit(void); |