Kees, > > [heavily trimmed CC list because I think lkml is ignoring this > thread...] > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 09:03:55AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Kees, > > > > Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > This is the infrastructure changes to prepare the tasklet API for > > > conversion to passing the tasklet struct as the callback argument instead > > > of an arbitrary unsigned long. The first patch details why this is useful > > > (it's the same rationale as the timer_struct changes from a bit ago: > > > less abuse during memory corruption attacks, more in line with existing > > > ways of doing things in the kernel, save a little space in struct, > > > etc). Notably, the existing tasklet API use is much less messy, so there > > > is less to clean up. > > > > > > It's not clear to me which tree this should go through... Greg since it > > > starts with a USB clean-up, -tip for timer or interrupt, or if I should > > > just carry it. I'm open to suggestions, but if I don't hear otherwise, > > > I'll just carry it. > > > > > > My goal is to have this merged for v5.9-rc1 so that during the v5.10 > > > development cycle the new API will be available. The entire tree of > > > changes is here[1] currently, but to split it up by maintainer the > > > infrastructure changes need to be landed first. > > > > > > Review and Acks appreciated! :) > > > > I'd rather see tasklets vanish from the planet completely, but that's > > going to be a daring feat. So, grudgingly: > > Understood! I will update the comments near the tasklet API. > > > Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Here's the series re-based on top of 5.8 https://github.com/allenpais/tasklets/tree/V3 Let me know how you would want these to be reviewed. Also, I was thinking if removing tasklets completely could be a task on KSPP wiki. If yes, I did like to take ownership of that task. I have a couple of ideas in mind, which could be discussed in a separate email. Thanks. -- - Allen
