Re: [RFC PATCH 2/6] Split out tasklets from softirq.c

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Jun 22 2007 - 03:12:26 EST


On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:00:16AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Tasklets are really a separate entity from softirqs, so they
> deserve their own file. Also this allows us to easily replace
> tasklets for something else ;-)

It's a bit pointless when softirq.h still always includes it. A while
ago I had a patch that split it out and made all users include it directly.
But reviving this patch would be rather pointless if we just want to kill
tasklets in the end anyway.

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