[LIP] Re:Re: A few Queries

> 
> > 2) I read in lot many places, that two tasklets of the same type
> > can not run simultaneously. But I haven't seen ne type of the
> > tasklet defined. Does the type mean one of the 4 softirqs. Is it 
> > like if a keyboard driver raises a tasklet of type TASKLET_SOFTIRQ, 
> > a sound card diver also raises a tasklet of type TASKLET_SOFTIRQ, 
> > only one of them will be running and not both a the same time on
> > SMP. I just want to know is that true. 
> > Or is it like, two tasklet from the same driver can't be run
> > simultaneously on diff processors on SMP.
> > Correct my understanding.
> 
> The I-ll-do-it-later reference I sent to the list earlier should answer
> these questions ?
> 
> TASKLET_SOFTIRQ is not a type of tasklet. It's a type of softirq. If
> you search for tasklet_init() in the kernel sources, you'll find about
> 60 hits as of 2.6.6. Each one of them is a type of tasklet.
Does it mean, during tasklet_init, we register a callback function which
will be called when ever a tasklet is scheduled for execution and based on
this function we are defining the type, and if we raise a more tasklets 
which calls this function, then no tasklets of this same type can be
processed simultaneously.  So for network processing
one should never use tasklets. Is that correct?


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