Messages in this thread | | | From | Werner Almesberger <> | Subject | Re: down_trylock doesn't preserve irqstate | Date | Sat, 26 Feb 2000 23:28:59 +0100 (MET) |
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David S. Miller wrote: > If it sleeps, no it does not preserve global cli/sti on SMP. It > preserves local cpu interrupt state only.
Sigh ...
> I really would like to see global cli removed from all spots where it > is not absolutely necessary (ATM is networking, so you have no excuse > here :-).
And I was already afraid I might die of boredom next week ... :)
- Werner
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