Re: [PATCH,RESEND] softirq: Introduce SOFTIRQ_FORCED_THREADING

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Mon Aug 23 2021 - 00:22:40 EST


On Mon, 2021-08-23 at 11:33 +0800, Wang Qing wrote:
> At present, whether the softirq is executed when the interrupt exits
> is controlled by IRQ_FORCED_THREADING. This is unreasonable. It should
> be split and allowed to take effect separately.

Decades long practice suddenly became "unreasonable"? I think not.  

Trying to carve out bits and pieces of RT to merge immediately isn't
likely to make the ongoing merge effort go anyfaster or smoother.

Just my $.02,

-Mike