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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> Cc: olivier.dautricourt@...lia.com, sr@...x.de, vkoul@...nel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, ludovic.desroches@...rochip.com, tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com, f.fainelli@...il.com, rjui@...adcom.com, sbranden@...adcom.com, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, nsaenz@...nel.org, paul@...pouillou.net, Eugeniy.Paltsev@...opsys.com, gustavo.pimentel@...opsys.com, vireshk@...nel.org, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, leoyang.li@....com, zw@...kernel.org, wangzhou1@...ilicon.com, shawnguo@...nel.org, s.hauer@...gutronix.de, sean.wang@...iatek.com, matthias.bgg@...il.com, afaerber@...e.de, mani@...nel.org, logang@...tatee.com, sanju.mehta@....com, daniel@...que.org, haojian.zhuang@...il.com, robert.jarzmik@...e.fr, agross@...nel.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org, green.wan@...ive.com, orsonzhai@...il.com, baolin.wang7@...il.com, zhang.lyra@...il.com, patrice.chotard@...s.st.com, linus.walleij@...aro.org, wens@...e.org, jernej.skrabec@...il.com, samuel@...lland.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org 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
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