Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:50:01 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: No locking is needed ... why? |
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, BALBIR SINGH wrote:
> >Each CPU has its own data structure here. This means no > >other CPU will touch this queue (they have their own) > >so there is nobody we could ever race against. > > We would still require locking or interrupt disabling if this data is used > from an interrupt context (due to re-enterency issues), wouldn't we Rik?
I think this code is only run from interrupt context anyway.
regards,
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