linux-kernel - Re: hvc_iseries.c: overwriting spin_lock

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Date:	Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:58:38 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	"Alexey Dobriyan" <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hvc_iseries.c: overwriting spin_lock_irqsave()

Hi Alexy,

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:47:08 +0400 "Alexey Dobriyan" <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Stephen, -git4 contains the following code
> 
> drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c:
> 
> static int put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
> {
>             unsigned long flags;
> 
>             spin_lock_irqsave(&consolelock, flags);
>             if (viochar_is_console(pi) && !viopath_isactive(pi->lp)) {
>                           spin_lock_irqsave(&consoleloglock, flags);
> 
> So, old flags are lost.

Ooops!  Thanks for the heads up, I will send a fix patch tomorrow.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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