linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] Convert all tasklets to workqueues

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:32:17 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	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 0/6] Convert all tasklets to workqueues

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 10:16:47AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > I just want to state that tasklets served their time well. But it's time
> > to give them an honorable discharge.  So lets get rid of tasklets and
> > given them a standing salute as they leave :-)
> 
> Well, independently of whether we actually discharge them or not, I do 
> tend to always like things that split independent concepts up (whether 
> they then end up being _implemented_ independently of each other or not is 
> a separate issue).
> 
> So patches 1-4 all look fine to me. In fact, 5 looks ok too.

I don't think we should put 3 and 4 in.  The code in drm is just crap and
should just be rewritten.  I'll cook up a patch, but I can't actually
yest it due to lack of hardware.

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