Re: [PATCH] softirq: let the userside tune the SOFTIRQ_NOW_MASK with sysctl

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Mon, Apr 10 2023 at 10:30, Jason Xing wrote:
> From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently we have two exceptions which could avoid ksoftirqd when
> invoking softirqs: HI_SOFTIRQ and TASKLET_SOFTIRQ. They were introduced
> in the commit 3c53776e29f8 ("Mark HI and TASKLET softirq synchronous")
> which says if we don't mask them, it will cause excessive latencies in
> some cases.

As we are ripping this out, I'll ignore this patch.