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

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Message-ID: <20070622235703.28ded4b2@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:57:03 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	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

> As a second example, msr_seek() in arch/i386/kernel/msr.c... is the
> inode semaphore enough or not?  Who understands the implications well
> enough to say?

lseek is one of the nasty remaining cases. tty is another real horror
that needs further work but we slowly get closer - drivers/char is almost
but not entirely lock_kernel free now and several users look quite easy
to swat (everyone but tty_io.c)

Alan
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