Re: dvb usb issues since kernel 4.9

Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:

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do its job" is problematic patch.
Ok, this thread died down without any resolution.
Ok, this thread died down without any resolution.

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proposed by Linus - no timeout issue.
Are you talking about the patch that made HI_SOFTIRQ and TASKLET_SOFTIRQ special, and had this:
TASKLET_SOFTIRQ special, and had this:

  #define SOFTIRQ_NOW_MASK ((1 << It's hacky, but it's simple,
and it never got applied because we had smarter suggestions. But the
smarter suggestions never ended up being applied either, so..