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SubjectRe: Dead spinlock fields
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In article <19980111102037.3681.qmail@mail.ocs.com.au>,
Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> wrote:
>include/asm-i386/spinlock.h defines a spinlock with a "previous" field
>that is never used. Even in alpha/spinlock, the field is only used to
>print info for stuck spinlocks. Do we still need the "previous" field
>in spinlocks?

No. It was only used while debugging the very initial new SMP code, it
is fairly useless now. I guess I should just remove it.

Linus

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