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From: Orit Moskovich <oritm@mellanox.com>
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Hi,

Can you please specify the difference between interrupt threads and regular=
 kernel threads in the context of the different default taskqueues?
Meaning, I saw that the taskqueue taskqueue_thread is actually a kernel thr=
ead running the function taskqueue_thread_loop,
And the 3 other default taskqueues are working with ithreads.

Which of the above preempts the other? What should I use if performance is =
critical (something equivalent to Linux softirq...)?

Thanks,
Orit Moskovich