RXE_INFLIGHT_SKBS_PER_QP_HIGH   = 64,
        RXE_INFLIGHT_SKBS_PER_QP_LOW    = 16,
 
+       /* Max number of interations of each tasklet
+        * before yielding the cpu to let other
+        * work make progress
+        */
+       RXE_MAX_ITERATIONS              = 1024,
+
        /* Delay before calling arbiter timer */
        RXE_NSEC_ARB_TIMER_DELAY        = 200,
 
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 
-#include "rxe_task.h"
+#include "rxe.h"
 
 int __rxe_do_task(struct rxe_task *task)
 
        int cont;
        int ret;
        struct rxe_task *task = from_tasklet(task, t, tasklet);
+       unsigned int iterations = RXE_MAX_ITERATIONS;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&task->state_lock);
        switch (task->state) {
                spin_lock_bh(&task->state_lock);
                switch (task->state) {
                case TASK_STATE_BUSY:
-                       if (ret)
+                       if (ret) {
                                task->state = TASK_STATE_START;
-                       else
+                       } else if (iterations--) {
                                cont = 1;
+                       } else {
+                               /* reschedule the tasklet and exit
+                                * the loop to give up the cpu
+                                */
+                               tasklet_schedule(&task->tasklet);
+                               task->state = TASK_STATE_START;
+                       }
                        break;
 
-               /* soneone tried to run the task since the last time we called
+               /* someone tried to run the task since the last time we called
                 * func, so we will call one more time regardless of the
                 * return value
                 */