Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964864AbWARCzN (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:55:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964865AbWARCzN (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:55:13 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:56799 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964864AbWARCzL (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:55:11 -0500 Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: [ckrm-tech] Re: [PATCH 00/01] Move Exit Connectors From: Lee Revell To: paulmck@us.ibm.com Cc: Keith Owens , John Hesterberg , Matt Helsley , Jes Sorensen , Shailabh Nagar , Andrew Morton , Jay Lan , LKML , elsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net, CKRM-Tech , Paul Jackson , Erik Jacobson , Jack Steiner In-Reply-To: <20060118024948.GA10407@us.ibm.com> References: <20060117172617.GA9283@us.ibm.com> <22822.1137542267@ocs3.ocs.com.au> <20060118024948.GA10407@us.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:55:06 -0500 Message-Id: <1137552907.3587.49.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 733 Lines: 18 On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 18:49 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > - * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels > + * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels, these > + * handlers can run in process context, and can block. > * I was under the impression that softirq handlers can run in process context in all kernels. Specifically, in realtime variants softirqs always run in process context, and in mainline this only happens under high load. Lee - 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/