On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:58:25PM +0000, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> it cannot get any simpler than this. Work-queues are SMP-safe and
> guarantee serialization of actual work performed.
>
Ingo,
Is it possible that queue_task() handlers in earlier driver code may have
depended on implicit serialization against corresponding timer handlers since
each of those is run from BHs ? If so, isn't that an issue now with
no BHs ? Or, is it safe to assume that general smp-safety code in the
drivers will take care of serialization between timers and work-queues ?
Thanks
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