On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 12:40 +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > One simple solution is to establish a separate queue for RTNL-holding > users or vice versa for non-RTNL holding networking users. That > would allow the drivers to safely flush the non-RTNL queue while > holding the RTNL.
You mean a separate workqueue for net drivers to use instead of the keventd_wq? Yeah, I think that'll work. Each driver can also create its own workqueue but that may be a bit more wasteful. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html