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SubjectRe: [patch] "big IRQ lock" removal, 2.5.27-A9
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On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 17:40, Russell King wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 02:31:16AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > +drivers that want to disable local interrupts (interrupts on the
> > +current CPU), can use the following four macros:
> > +
> > + __cli(), __sti(), __save_flags(flags), __restore_flags(flags)
>
> Last mail before zzz (hopefully) - what about
> local_irq_{enable,disable,save,restore} ?
>
> With the exception of local_irq_save() which is actually
> local_irq_save_disable(), I find these to be more "descriptive" of
> their function.

Yes and double yes.

And for two reasons: First, the __ prefix is unnecessary now. Second,
not all the world is an x86 (it just looks that way).

local_irq_foo is definitely preferred.

I'd make the patch and go through the effort to rename and replace if
Linus assured me it was in.

Robert Love

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