Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 9 of 20] ipath - char devices for diagnostics and lightweight subnet management | From | Bryan O'Sullivan <> | Date | Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:47:02 -0800 |
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On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 16:45 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
> So why is ipath_sma_alive an atomic_t (and why isn't it static)? > You never modify ipath_sma_alive outside of your spinlock, so I don't > see what having it be atomic buys you.
It's read outside of this file, without a lock held.
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