Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:58:31 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kill 8139too kernel thread (sorta) |
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Herbert Xu wrote: > My only concern is the potential for starvation here should we fail > to obtain the RTNL. Since any local user can hold the RTNL by issuing > rtnetlink requests, it is theoretically possible for the rtl8139 work > to be delayed indefinitely.
Yes, but highly unlikely, for very few users, with the negative effects negligible.
Jeff
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