The only generic interface to execute asynchronously in the BH context is
tasklet; however, it's marked deprecated and has some design flaws. To
replace tasklets, BH workqueue support was recently added. A BH workqueue
behaves similarly to regular workqueues except that the queued work items
are ex
On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 12:23 PM Russell King (Oracle)
wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 07:01:11PM +, Allen Pais wrote:
> > The only generic interface to execute asynchronously in the BH context is
> > tasklet; however, it's marked deprecated and has some design flaws. To
> > replace tasklets
On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 07:01:11PM +, Allen Pais wrote:
> The only generic interface to execute asynchronously in the BH context is
> tasklet; however, it's marked deprecated and has some design flaws. To
> replace tasklets, BH workqueue support was recently added. A BH workqueue
> behaves simi
On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 12:27:10PM -0700, Allen wrote:
> On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 12:23 PM Russell King (Oracle)
> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 07:01:11PM +, Allen Pais wrote:
> > > The only generic interface to execute asynchronously in the BH context is
> > > tasklet; however, it's m
On Wed, 2024-05-08 at 21:16 +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> * As this patch seems to involve many non-trivial changes
> it seems to me that it would be best to break it up somehow.
> To allow proper review.
I would like to stress this latest point: it looks like the changes to
all the drivers are
> > > On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 07:01:11PM +, Allen Pais wrote:
> > > > The only generic interface to execute asynchronously in the BH context
> > > > is
> > > > tasklet; however, it's marked deprecated and has some design flaws. To
> > > > replace tasklets, BH workqueue support was recently add
Paolo,
> On Wed, 2024-05-08 at 21:16 +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> > * As this patch seems to involve many non-trivial changes
> > it seems to me that it would be best to break it up somehow.
> > To allow proper review.
>
> I would like to stress this latest point: it looks like the changes to