linux-hardening - Re: [RFC 1/1] drivers/dma/*: replace tasklets with workqueue

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Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:48:58 -0700
From:   Allen Pais <apais@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 1/1] drivers/dma/*: replace tasklets with workqueue


>> The tasklet is an old API which will be deprecated, workqueue API
>> cab be used instead of them.
>> 
>> This patch replaces the tasklet usage in drivers/dma/* with a
>> simple work.
> 
> Thanks for working on this! Can you describe the process for the
> replacement? For example, was it a 1:1 replacement from one set of
> functions to another, or something more nuanced? Did you do this by hand,
> or with the help of something like Coccinelle?

 For this series, I did the work manually as certain had the potential to be improved.
Also, there are drivers which use queue_work() instead of schedule_work(). 

> Including these details will help maintainers with review, and will help
> others do other conversions in the future.
> 

 I will wait for a couple of more days and send out the rest of the series with
More details.

Thanks.

> Thanks!
> 
> -Kees
> 
> -- 
> Kees Cook