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Date:      Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:48:43 -0700
From:      Vijay Singh <vijju.singh@gmail.com>
To:        Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ixgbe rx & tx locks
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah yes, at one time I was keeping the RX side lock when calling the stack,
> but then as I recall that had problems, so the code now releases and
> reaquires
> as you can see. It results in some contention but I'm not sure that's
> avoidable.

Jack, I am wondering if this could be avoided if we can avoid to
enqueue the task OR re-enable interrupts if the other one is already
scheduled. Is this possible?



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