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From: "Chris Caudle" <chris@chriscaudle.org>
Subject: Re: replacement of tasklet_hrtimer_init in RT
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:40:22 -0500
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On Wed, October 25, 2017 11:50 am, Chris Caudle wrote:
> I downloaded the patches file for 4.11.12-rt14 and searching for
> tasklet_hrtimer_init() I find this reference:
>
> 0022-softirq-Remove-tasklet_hrtimer.patch:-tasklet_hrtimer_init(struct
> tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer,
>
> The very top lines of that 0022 patch file are these:
>
> ---------
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:03:11 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH 22/25] softirq: Remove tasklet_hrtimer
>
> There are no more tasklet_hrtimer users of this interface.
> Remove it.

Does anyone on this list know whether the tasklet_hrtimer interface will
be deprecated for mainline kernel as well?

Can anyone suggest a document that describes (hopefully simply enough for
a kernel beginner to understand) how to convert an existing implementation
from tasklet_hrtimer to an alternative?

thank you,
Chris Caudle