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Date:	Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:27:12 +0800
From:	Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, shaohua.li@...el.com,
	len.brown@...el.com, mingmingx.zhang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [patch] intel_idle: Delete meaningless
 local_irq_disable() call in intel_idle.c.]

On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 16:10 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:28:20 +0800
> Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Andrew,
> > 
> > Would you like to accept the patch into your testing tree?
> 
> hm, that's three indel_idle patches which I have now.  Someone wake up
> lenb!
> 
> > intel_idle.c is a bit misleading in a sense that local_irq_disable,it
> 

> I'd suggest adding this as well:
Agree. It'll be clearer.

> 
> --- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c~drivers-idle-intel_idlec-remove-redundant-local_irq_disable-call-fix
> +++ a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ static int get_driver_data(int cstate)
>   * @drv: cpuidle driver
>   * @index: index of cpuidle state
>   *
> + * Must be called under local_irq_disable().
>   */
>  static int intel_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
>  		struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)


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