rescheduling tasks using swi_add()

[kamal kc]

dear everybody,

i had previous thread going on about the cpu load 
average. and had some discussion regarding it. i have 
a newer thing to discuss on so i started this thread.

as i mentioned earlier i had put some code in the
bridge.c
that performed compression which took a long time and
hence 
i got a high number of interface interrupts (irq22: xl
interrupts).

so i thought of rescheduling the compression tasks
without 
blocking the bridge function. i found this function
swi_add() 
which i could use to add software interrupt handlers
that 
could be run at a later time without causing high
interface 
interrupts.

the man page discussed the swi_add() and swi_sched()
functions.

what i don't understand is, how do i register my
handler 
function ??
if i use the swi_add() for that purpose what 
do i use for the void *arg argument.
 
and how can i dispatch control to the software
interrupt handler ??
the swi_sched() uses only the cookie and the flags
arguments. 
there is no way i can pass arguments to my handler
function ..

i guess most of you are familiar with this and can
help me 
out ......



thanks, 

kamal







 
 



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