RE: kthread_create() vs tasklet

["Rajat Jain" <Rajat.Jain@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote: 
>> Not sure why....but under the drivers directory, u can see a lot more
>> tasklet than kthread_create().
>> 

Huh? I'm not sure if I understand this right ... But I thought they are
completely different things (rather than two comparable items). 

kthread_create() is to create a kernel thread (A thread that'll always
execute in kernel mode and will have no user context). Where as tasklet
is a mechanism to implement bottom halves - hence they are generally
"scheduled" to be executed in ISRs. They are run upon return from IRQ or
by ksoftirq. 

Did I understand the question right?

Rajat

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