linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/6] Make DRM use the tasklet is-sched API

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:56:06 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, matthew.wilcox@...com,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/6] Make DRM use the tasklet is-sched API

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 18:10 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> Wouldn't the easy solution be to get rid of drm_locked_tasklet
> entirely and convert i915_vblank_tasklet(), the only user, to use
> a work queue right away?

You recommend making the i915 use a workqueue to do this instead, and
remove the drm_lock_tasklet code from the drm_irq.c completely?

Unfortunately, I don't have any boxes with a i915, so I would not feel
comfortable with doing this myself.

> 
> The drm_locked_tasklet() function seems to have multiple bugs anyway,
> so getting rid of it can only help, and it avoids exporting a new
> tasklet_is_scheduled() interface.

To be able to at least continue my work, I'll just keep these as
separate patches.

Thanks,

-- Steve


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