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Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:46:56 +0900
From:	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>
To:	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>
Cc:	fengguang.wu@...el.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chanho0207@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] backing-dev: fix wakeup timer races with bdi_unregister()

>                bdi_debug_unregister(bdi);
> -               device_unregister(bdi->dev);
> +
> +               spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
>                bdi->dev = NULL;
> +               spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
Hi.
Would you explain me why you add spinlock in here ?
Thanks.
> +
> +               device_unregister(dev);
>        }
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_unregister);
> --
> 1.7.7.3
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