Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Jul 2002 01:40:18 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [patch] "big IRQ lock" removal, 2.5.27-A9 |
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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.
-- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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