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SubjectRe: question on spinlocks
>> > No; spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore and spin_lock/spin_unlock
>> > have to be used in matching pairs.
>[...]
> OK, how do I drop an irqsave spinlock if I don't have flags?

It was a good thing you didn't have flags, because everything
that passes flags as arguments blows up on sparc immediately.

Most likely answer is "restructure your locking".

-- Pete
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