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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace timer_bh with tasklet
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 19:01, David S. Miller wrote:

> That isn't in the tree now.  We can only make analsis of the patch
> based upon what is in 2.5.x right now, you can't base it on what
> might be added in the future.

Could there possibly be any interaction between SERIAL_BH and TIMER_BH?

I guess my stance is if each BH-removal patch figures out its
syncronization issues, each should be fine regardless of what the other
BHs do.

The timer_bh runs often but touches a comprehensible amount of data.

	Robert Love

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