Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:58:43 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/7] kfifo: move out spinlock |
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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:46:30 +0200 Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net> wrote:
> Move the pointer to the spinlock out of struct kfifo. Most > users in tree do not actually use a spinlock, so the few > exceptions now have to call kfifo_{get,put}_locked, which takes > an extra argument to a spinlock.
NAK this one for the moment
We are about to set fifo loose through all the USB and some other char/serial drivers all of which will use the spinlock facility.
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