> _bh is not a "base handler" it stands for "bottom half".
>
> "base handler" and "bottom half" all refer to an execution context,
> and these days that means softirq.
i think i agree with you.
- we have 'top half' contexts, which are also called 'hardirqs'.
- then we have 'bottom half' contexts, which are also called 'softirqs'.
the fact that 'bottom halves' used to be an earlier concept that had a
slightly different meaning from 'softirqs' for a limited amount of time
does not remove from the meaningfulness of the naming itself. Today
'bottom halves' and 'softirqs' are the same thing.
Ingo
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