netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 8/9] vxge: Acquire correct lock based on interrupt context.

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Date:	Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:37:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Sreenivasa.Honnur@...erion.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, support@...erion.com
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 8/9] vxge: Acquire correct lock based on
 interrupt context.

From: Sreenivasa Honnur <Sreenivasa.Honnur@...erion.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 07:58:42 -0400 (EDT)

> - Added macros that check if the thread is in interrupt context or not to
>   acquire or release locks
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sreenivasa Honnur <sreenivasa.honnur@...erion.com>

There is nothing at all wrong with using irqsave/irqrestore spin lock
calls when you're already in an interrupt.

I don't see any reason for this change.
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