Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:22:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:22:31 -0500 Received: from fmr02.intel.com ([192.55.52.25]:19703 "EHLO caduceus.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:22:31 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Grover, Andrew" To: Pavel Machek , ACPI mailing list , kernel list Subject: RE: [ACPI] RE: kacpidpc needs to die Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:24:17 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 836 Lines: 25 > From: Grover, Andrew > > From: Pavel Machek [mailto:pavel@ucw.cz] > > For reasons discussed before [forking from timer is not > safe, anyway], > > kacpidpc needs to die. Andrew, are you going to kill it or > should I do > > it? > > I can kill it...let me just verify with you -- > acpi_os_queue_for_execution has a two block switch statement, just use > the first block (the case that uses schedule_work) and delete > the rest, > yes? Oops, and combine acpi_os_schedule_exec and acpi_os_queue_exec, so that we call dpc->function() from the original thread. Anything else? -- Andy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/