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The kernel FIFO queue has a couple issues. The biggest issue is that it causes extra latency in a path that can be used in real-time tasks, such as communication with real-time remote processors. The whole FIFO idea itself looks to be a leftover from before the unified mailbox framework. The current mailbox framework expects mbox_chan_received_data() to be called with data immediately as it arrives. Remove the FIFO and pass the messages to the mailbox framework directly as part of a threaded IRQ handler. Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.