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SubjectRe: [PATCH][ATM] assorted he driver cleanup
DateSun, 01 Jun 2003 18:58:26 -0400
Fromchas williams <>
In message <1054497613.5863.4.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk>,Alan Cox writes:
>> but on a single processor machine (i.e. #undef CONFIG_SMP) there is no
>> chance that there will be reads/writes from other processors so i dont
>> need any locking OR protection from interrupts.  so the degenerate case
>> of spin_lock_irqsave() isnt quite as dengerate as i would like for this
>> particular spin lock.
>
>Then why are you using spin_lock_irqsave ?

meaning just use spin_lock() or what?
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