> > > I believe that work queues items are execute single-threaded for a work > > > queue, so this should be good. I need to test this, though. It may be > > > that an IPMI device can have its own work queue; it may not be important > > > to run it in bh context. > > > > Fair point. Could you please let me know once you have had a chance to test > > these changes. Meanwhile, I will work on RFC wherein IPMI will have its own > > workqueue. > > > > Thanks for taking time out to review. > > After looking and thinking about it a bit, a BH context is still > probably the best for this. > > I have tested this patch under load and various scenarios and it seems > to work ok. So: > > Tested-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Or I can take this into my tree. > > -corey Thank you very much. I think it should be okay for you to carry it into your tree. - Allen
