Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:44:06 -0500 | From | Jim Nelson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] ppc: remove cli()/sti() from arch/ppc/* |
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Brian Gerst wrote:
> James Nelson wrote: > >> This series of patches is to remove the last cli()/sti() function >> calls in arch/ppc. >> >> These are the only instances in active code that grep could find. > > > Are you sure none of these need real spinlocks instead of just > disabling interrupts? > > -- > Brian Gerst > These are for single-processor systems, mostly evaluation boards and embedded processors. I coudn't find any reference to multiprocessor setups for the processors in question after a peruse of the code or a quick google on the boards in question.
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