From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 11:45:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 11:45:43 -0400 Received: from tom.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de ([134.109.132.38]:29709 "EHLO tom.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 11:45:42 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 17:44:23 +0200 From: Ingo Oeser To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: what replaces tq_scheduler in 2.4 Message-ID: <20020502174423.L696@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> In-Reply-To: <20020427.194302.02285733.davem@redhat.com><467685860.avixxmail@nexxnet.epcnet.de> <20020428.204911.63038910.davem@redhat.com> <001001c1ef3d$890a6d50$e6f7ae80@ad.uiuc.edu> <005d01c1efcb$561b8c10$e6f7ae80@ad.uiuc.edu> <001a01c1f094$8d572850$e6f7ae80@ad.uiuc.edu> <3CCF1B39.94CF0152@zip.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Andrew, hi others, On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 03:31:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Wanghong Yuan wrote: > > It seems that tq_scheduler disappears in Linux 2.4. SO what can I do if I > > need to do something when the scheduler wakes up. The old code likes > > > > All users of tq_scheduler were using it as a way of running > process-context code shortly after the occurrence of an > interrupt. They were moved over to using schedule_task(). > Probably, that is what you want. What is the main difference between tq_immediate and the former tq_scheduler? I would like to know, whether I can convert my old bh routines[1] to that new mechanism. Thanks & Regards Ingo Oeser [1] Note to German readers: I mean interrupt backends! Nothing else :-) -- Science is what we can tell a computer. Art is everything else. --- D.E.Knuth