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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.24-rc5 x86 architecture no longer Oopses...

* Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> I'd suggest that we add a local_read_flags() along with
> local_save_flags(). Then I can merge the parts of the patch which
> don't get destroyed by ongoing churn and then we can come in and clean
> up the stragglers later.

ah, indeed.

like the patch below? (Only local_save_flags() should be used by drivers
- but i stuck in the other variants as well for completeness.)

Ingo

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Subject: migration helpers for local_save_flags => local_read_flags rename
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

prepare for renaming of all local_save_flags variants to local_read_flags,
via migration helpers, as suggested by Andrew Morton.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
include/linux/irqflags.h | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

Index: linux-x86.q/include/linux/irqflags.h
===================================================================
--- linux-x86.q.orig/include/linux/irqflags.h
+++ linux-x86.q/include/linux/irqflags.h
@@ -93,4 +93,13 @@
#define irqs_disabled_flags(flags) raw_irqs_disabled_flags(flags)
#endif /* CONFIG_X86 */

+/*
+ * Migration helpers - the proper API is the local_read_flags API.
+ * Will go away in v2.6.26.
+ */
+#define local_save_flags local_read_flags
+#define __local_save_flags __local_read_flags
+#define raw_local_save_flags raw_local_read_flags
+#define __raw_local_save_flags __raw_local_read_flags
+
#endif

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