Tasklets in the Linux kernel

Tasklets are a means of achieving bottom-half processing in the Linux Kernel. What is bottom-half and the need for bottom half is explained in the article below. https://www.hitchhikersguidetolearning.com/2021/05/09/bottom-half-processing-in-the-linux-kernel/ Tasklets are the preferred mechanism to defer execution in Linux. Tasklets are implemented on top of softirqs – HI_SOFTIRQ and TASKLET_SOFTIRQ. The high priority tasklets (placed in […]