linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/3] Unified NMI delayed call mechanism

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:17:24 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	"H.PeterA" <"nvin hpa"@zytor.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] Unified NMI delayed call mechanism

> Nope - the softirq code was written by Alexey Kuznetsov and David S. Miller. 

It was based on the design of the previous bottom halves in case you
missed it. I believe BHs were there from nearly the beginning.

(softirqs were basically just per cpu bottom halves, otherwise
being very similar)

-Andi
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