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DateTue, 29 Aug 2006 09:14:29 +0200
FromJens Axboe <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] exit_io_context: don't disable irqs
On Sun, Aug 27 2006, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> We don't need to disable irqs to clear current->io_context, it is
> protected by ->alloc_lock. Even IF it was possible to submit I/O from
> IRQ on behalf of current this irq_disable() can't help:
> current_io_context() will re-instantiate ->io_context after
> irq_enable().
> 
> We don't need task_lock() or local_irq_disable() to clear ioc->task.
> This can't prevent other CPUs from playing with our io_context anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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