scheduling policy of bottom halfs, task_queues and timers?

Kirk Reiser (kirk@braille.uwo.ca)
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 11:21:59 -0400 (EDT)

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Could someone explain the scheduling policy around bottom-halfs,
task_queues and timer_lists. If one of the functions has been called
from these types, are they subject to normal time slicing or are they
allowed to run to completion? The documentation I've read doesn't
really address this point.

Kirk

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