Yes, I already am.
> I think the best scheme is 2 per-cpu workspaces, one for
> normal and one for softirq context.
Agreed. Current patch doesn't cover softirq context yet.
> No locking needed whatsoever. I hope it can work :-)
How about preemption? zlib operations take their time, so at least on
up, it makes sense to preempt them, when not in softirq context. Can
this still be done lockless?
Jörn
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