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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:15:39 +0530 From: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org> To: Allen Pais <apais@...ux.microsoft.com> Cc: olivier.dautricourt@...lia.com, sr@...x.de, keescook@...omium.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 On 19-04-22, 21:16, Allen Pais wrote: > The tasklet is an old API which will be deprecated, workqueue API > cab be used instead of them. What is the reason for tasklet removal, I am not sure old is a reason to remove an API... > > This patch replaces the tasklet usage in drivers/dma/* with a > simple work. Dmaengines need very high throughput, one of the reasons in dmaengine API design to use tasklet was higher priority given to them. Will the workqueue allow that...? -- ~Vinod
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