Re: [Lse-tech] Re: [ckrm-tech] Re: [PATCH 00/01] Move ExitConnectors

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 18:49 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> - * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels
> + * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels, these
> + * handlers can run in process context, and can block.
>   * 

I was under the impression that softirq handlers can run in process
context in all kernels.  Specifically, in realtime variants softirqs
always run in process context, and in mainline this only happens under
high load.

Lee

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