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Re: migrating to lock_sock()

To: eis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Henner Eisen)
Subject: Re: migrating to lock_sock()
From: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:16:53 +0300 (MSK)
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <200012182206.XAA03137@baty.hanse.de> from "Henner Eisen" at Dec 19, 0 01:45:01 am
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Hello!

> buffer space. Should I also do so for X.25 or would it make sense to
> rework sock_alloc_send_skb() such that socket lock is released while
> waiting for write buffer space?

sock_alloc_send_skb() is stateless, there is no lock to release.

If your protocol uses socket lock, you cannot use this function.

Alexey

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