linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] lib/atomic64 using raw_spin_lock

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Date:	Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:59:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Shan Hai <haishan.bai@...il.com>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	vapier@...too.org, asharma@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] lib/atomic64 using raw_spin_lock_irq[save|resotre]
 for atomicity

On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Shan Hai wrote:

> The spin_lock_irq[save|restore] could break the atomicity of the
> atomic64_* operations in the PREEMPT-RT configuration, because
> the spin_lock_irq[save|restore] themselves are preemptable in the
> PREEMPT-RT, using raw variant of the spin lock could provide the
> atomicity that atomic64_* need.

Good catch. Queued for the next release.
 
Thanks,

	tglx
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