on 27/05/2013 10:21 Orit Moskovich said the following:
> What is actually the difference between deferring a filter routine's work 
> using an ithread given to bus_setup_intr, or using the global taskqueue_swi 
> (implemented using interrupt thread)?

I think you mean taskqueue_fast.
The difference is only in how much code you need to write.  I do not think there
is any significant difference in the resulting functionality.

> What do you mean that the functionality is locked under INTR_FILTER?

Please see the code.  You have to use option INTR_FILTER to get the behavior I
described earlier.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andriy Gapon [mailto:a...@freebsd.org] 
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 10:11 AM
> To: Konstantin Belousov
> Cc: Orit Moskovich; freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: preemptive kernel
> 
> on 27/05/2013 09:34 Konstantin Belousov said the following:
>> Having both filter and ithread for the same interrupt is apparently 
>> possible but weird.  I do not see anything which would prevent 
>> interrupt filter from being executed while the ithread is running.  
>> But again, this is very unusual setup.
> 
> I wouldn't call it weird, but, yes, it is rare.  It's a pretty normal 
> configuration when the filter acts as a filter and the handler acts as a 
> handler (in ithread).  In other words, it would be a replacement for a 
> configuration where a filter is used and the filter offloads actual work to 
> non-interrupt context via a e.g. taskqueue.
> But, hmm, this functionality is probably locked under INTR_FILTER option.
> 
> --
> Andriy Gapon
> 

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Andriy Gapon
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