linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 24/25] net/cdc_ncm: Replace tasklet with softirq hrtimer

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Message-ID: <20170831133353.GB22739@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:33:53 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....org>, keescook@...omium.org,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 24/25] net/cdc_ncm: Replace tasklet with softirq hrtimer

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:23:46PM -0000, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> The bh tasklet is used in invoke the hrtimer (cdc_ncm_tx_timer_cb) in
> softirq context. This can be also achieved without the tasklet but with
> CLOCK_MONOTONIC_SOFT as hrtimer base.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org


Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>