Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 2/6] Split out tasklets from softirq.c | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:40:38 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 08:11 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:00:16AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > Tasklets are really a separate entity from softirqs, so they > > deserve their own file. Also this allows us to easily replace > > tasklets for something else ;-) > > It's a bit pointless when softirq.h still always includes it. A while > ago I had a patch that split it out and made all users include it directly. > But reviving this patch would be rather pointless if we just want to kill > tasklets in the end anyway. >
Actually, if these patches do make it into -mm, then patches 1-4 should make it into Linus's tree. That will make Andrews maintenance of these patches much easier, since they would make the -mm changes not so intrusive.
Since the stripping out of tasklets is more of a cosmetic change and does not change functionality of the kernel, I don't see why it can't make it up to Linus's tree. Especially if we are planning on removing tasklets all together.
-- Steve
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