linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] workqueue: Implement BH workqueues to eventually replace tasklets

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:25:17 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: mpatocka@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	dm-devel@...ts.linux.dev, msnitzer@...hat.com, ignat@...udflare.com, 
	damien.lemoal@....com, bob.liu@...cle.com, houtao1@...wei.com, 
	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	allen.lkml@...il.com, kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] workqueue: Implement BH workqueues to eventually
 replace tasklets

On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 at 01:13, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> This patch implements BH workqueues which share the same semantics and
> features of regular workqueues but execute their work items in the softirq
> context.

Thanks for doing this. Honestly, while I felt this was a natural thing
to do and would clean things up, every time I look at the workqueue
code I just shudder and go "I'm sure Tejun can work this out".

Patches look fine to me - I'd love to actually have the dm-crypt
people (and networking people, for that matter) verify that there are
no performance gotchas from the slightly heavier (but more generic)
workqueue interfaces.

                   Linus