Re: [RFC 1/1] drivers/dma/*: replace tasklets with workqueue

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Thu May 12 2022 - 17:55:00 EST


On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 7:43 PM Allen Pais <apais@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> - Concerns regarding throughput, would workqueues be as efficient as tasklets (Vinod)

You need to ask the scheduler people about this.

The workqueues goes deep into the scheduler and I can't make
out how they are prioritized, but they are certainly not treated
like any other task.

Yours,
Linus Walleij