> ... in which case either the new bottom-half processing will be deferred
> until the next interrupt. We could conceivably just loop in
> run_bottom_halves until there are no more deliverable bottom halves,
> which would get around to servicing the scheduler bh more quickly.
That might be a Good Thing(tm) to do, since that would
increase I/O throughput on a loaded (CPU wise or otherwise)
system. This in turn makes sure that tasks don't hang
around longer than they should and it might result in
better overall system performance.
This is (IMHO) definately something to look into.
Rik.
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