Re: [PATCH 3/16] Spidernet RX Locking

Linas Vepstas wrote:

The RX packet handling can be called from several
places, yet does not protect the rx ring structure.
This patch places the ring buffer pointers under a lock.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <redacted>
Cc: James K Lewis <redacted>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

This is a HUGELY invasive patch.  A sledgehammer.

What /specifically/ are these "several places", and what other 
non-sledgehammer approaches were discarded before arriving at this one?

	Jeff