Re: what replaces tq_scheduler in 2.4

From: Ingo Oeser (ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 10:44:23 EST


Hi Andrew,
hi others,

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 03:31:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Wanghong Yuan wrote:
> > It seems that tq_scheduler disappears in Linux 2.4. SO what can I do if I
> > need to do something when the scheduler wakes up. The old code likes
> >
>
> All users of tq_scheduler were using it as a way of running
> process-context code shortly after the occurrence of an
> interrupt. They were moved over to using schedule_task().
> Probably, that is what you want.

What is the main difference between tq_immediate and the former
tq_scheduler?

I would like to know, whether I can convert my old bh routines[1] to
that new mechanism.

Thanks & Regards

Ingo Oeser

[1] Note to German readers: I mean interrupt backends! Nothing
   else :-)

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