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From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 12 May 2022 23:54:23 +0200
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Subject: Re: [RFC 1/1] drivers/dma/*: replace tasklets with workqueue
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On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 7:43 PM Allen Pais <apais@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:

>  - Concerns regarding throughput, would workqueues be as efficient as tasklets (Vinod)

You need to ask the scheduler people about this.

The workqueues goes deep into the scheduler and I can't make
out how they are prioritized, but they are certainly not treated
like any other task.

Yours,
Linus Walleij