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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/7] introduce atomic_dec_and_lock_irqsave()
    Hi,

    On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Kirill Korotaev wrote:

    > --- ./kernel/user.c.dlirq 2006-07-10 12:39:20.000000000 +0400
    > +++ ./kernel/user.c 2006-08-28 11:08:56.000000000 +0400
    > @@ -108,15 +108,12 @@ void free_uid(struct user_struct *up)
    > if (!up)
    > return;
    >
    > - local_irq_save(flags);
    > - if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&up->__count, &uidhash_lock)) {
    > + if (atomic_dec_and_lock_irqsave(&up->__count, &uidhash_lock, flags)) {
    > uid_hash_remove(up);
    > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&uidhash_lock, flags);
    > key_put(up->uid_keyring);
    > key_put(up->session_keyring);
    > kmem_cache_free(uid_cachep, up);
    > - } else {
    > - local_irq_restore(flags);
    > }
    > }

    Why does this need protection against interrupts?

    bye, Roman
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