From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2256C43334 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:12:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233873AbiGVRMm (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:12:42 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:34844 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231409AbiGVRMl (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:12:41 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-f177.google.com (mail-qk1-f177.google.com [209.85.222.177]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10EDE5465D for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:12:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qk1-f177.google.com with SMTP id z18so3776316qki.2 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:12:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=5HIE2XRg2pmYksgv53CszllxeDL9cUCYZVBiJXmaPPY=; b=1gbtEO3vgUagzLv5nQD23z57rCYO3A72sFTrXecMzEwSJKOyYIc7oJrhZA64KL3CLc v7qLLxcrfNW/oExm8qqyJmASC8kGZ887g7a/x6SdNFZBpQyhxgePm1h2KRrU51UO2j8D 4so5LucEQanO2rqBZfPgJjABOadyrha1H72QkwohJhO4lH42s2T+Wgm3ALO5tRjgqXAJ W30jCFuR5rvsaip7C9UmHDqjibW8K7PBxFCvRq6ySHzSM2y6lpKuhkYIcUC91Fpy3jX1 L5ivUulwM3c7xGIV6KlSQER8DIpEX7FPqn89I1mFhBUAu/ASir5bHLJYPNN4lToDMylI p91w== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora+T5RBJwVpw56nOXAYMft0i0Df8GSZBFEwZb98zM74N4onvWBd3 0vdLG4Hui8pAq/6BPRLPO8SBsVycoM7K X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1vb/Yi2b2pTwi2g5I/3Hlh4uoo9GpjHqEw45DCSCLbRf0voZ3dJDwnDwSNXa64ME/af5qHvig== X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:4403:b0:6b5:e1ad:75a7 with SMTP id v3-20020a05620a440300b006b5e1ad75a7mr725045qkp.177.1658509958037; Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:12:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (pool-68-160-176-52.bstnma.fios.verizon.net. [68.160.176.52]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s13-20020a05622a178d00b003172da668desm3528305qtk.50.2022.07.22.10.12.37 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:12:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:12:36 -0400 From: Mike Snitzer To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Nathan Huckleberry , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dm-devel@redhat.com, Alasdair Kergon , Eric Biggers , Sami Tolvanen , Thomas Gleixner , Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] dm-verity: optionally use tasklets in dm-verity Message-ID: References: <20220722093823.4158756-1-nhuck@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 22 2022 at 12:41P -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > We've been tying to kill off task lets for about 15 years. I don't > think adding new users will make you a whole lot of friends.. I don't have perspective on how serious that effort is. But ~2 years ago DM introduced another consumer of tasklets in dm-crypt, see: 39d42fa96ba1 dm crypt: add flags to optionally bypass kcryptd workqueues Given that, and other numerous users, is the effort to remove tasklets valid? What is the alternative to tasklets? Mike