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    SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 0/6] Convert all tasklets to workqueues
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    > The most part, tasklets today are not used for time critical functions.
    > Running tasklets in thread context is not harmful to performance of
    > the overall system.

    That is a bold statement...

    > But running them in interrupt context is, since
    > they increase the overall latency for high priority tasks.


    .... since by moving this to process context you do add latency between
    the hardirq and the tasklet, and I can see that having performance
    impact easily.


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