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From: "Kristian Lyngstøl" <nesquik@bohemians.org>
To: "Christian Kögler" <christian.koegler@unibw-muenchen.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tasklets vs. workqueues
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:41:23 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040217014123.GA16165@bohemians.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <403117FF.1080200@unibw-muenchen.de>

On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 08:20:31PM +0100, Christian Kögler wrote:
> When should I use tasklets and when should I user workqueues?
> What are the differences?

To quote "Linux Kernel Development" (Which I am currently reading):

Work queues defer work into a kernel thread-the work always runs in process
context. Most importantly, work queues are schedulable and can therefore sleep.

Normally, there is little decision between work queues or sotftirqs/tasklets.
If the deferred work need to sleep, work queues are used. If the deferred 
work need not sleepa, softirqs or tasklets are used.

[end quote]

Hope this helped :)

-- 
Med vennlig hilsen
Kristian Lyngstøl

  reply	other threads:[~2004-02-17  1:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-16 19:20 tasklets vs. workqueues Christian Kögler
2004-02-17  1:41 ` Kristian Lyngstøl [this message]
2004-02-19 22:44   ` George Anzinger
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402210140160.1775-100000@notebook.home.mdiehl.de>
2004-02-25 18:56 ` George Anzinger
2004-02-25 21:11   ` Martin Diehl
2004-02-25 21:58     ` George Anzinger

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