Re: workqueue in if_bnx: static struct work * seems wrong

[Sverre Froyen <sverre%viewmark.com@localhost>]

On Monday 27 February 2012 02:22:20 Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:05:59 +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 05:22:50PM +0100, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
> >[...]
> 
> Yep, you are right. I just had a look at workqueue(9) implementation
> this morning, and multiple bnx(4) instances would badly break with
> anything besides SIMPLEQ.
> 
> Having a wk allocated in sc is the way to go.

Instead of every driver implementing its own memory management, would it not 
make more sense to use an common mechanism like, e.g., pool_cache?

Regards,
Sverre