On 2021-01-08 06:43:14 [-0800], Richard Cochran wrote:
> Dear list,
Hello Richard,
> The function thread_do_softirq() is never used anywhere in
> v4.19.135-rt60.
>
> git grep thread_do_softirq
>
> include/linux/interrupt.h:505:static inline void thread_do_softirq(void) { do_softirq(); }
> include/linux/interrupt.h:515:extern void thread_do_softirq(void);
> kernel/softirq.c:674:void thread_do_softirq(void)
>
> Is it supposed to be called from somewhere, or is it simply dead code?
Dead code. My guess is, that is around unused since the softirq rework
around v3.0/v3.2. I just looked at v3.6-RT and it was unused there, too.
It has been removed it in v5.2-rt1.
> Thanks,
> Richard
Sebastian
