Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:42:07 -0400 | From | Matthew Harrell <> | Subject | Re: [patch] 2.3.8+ UP masq |
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: > This patch gets rid of numerous undefined lock problems. Since the locks have : > now been surrounded in ifdef SMP declarations it made sense to do the same with : > all the locks that were used in the code. : : Wouldn't it be easier just to remove the #ifdef / #endif from around the lock : declaration in the first place? On UP, they won't take up an space and the : spin_lock() calls are optimized away. It would make the code a lot tidier.
Oh, I don't deny that but it got recently introduced in 2.3.8 and I figured there had to be a reason for it. It was pretty late at night when I did this so never asked if there was a reasoning behind it - why were they suddenly put in?
-- Matthew Harrell I love defenseless animals, Simulation Technology Division, SAIC especially in a good gravy. mharrell@sito.saic.com
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