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

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Date:	Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:36:22 -0400
From:	"Ramkrishna Vepa" <Ramkrishna.Vepa@...erion.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Sreenivasa Honnur" <Sreenivasa.Honnur@...erion.com>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 8/9] vxge: Acquire correct lock based on interrupt context.

> > - 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.
[Ram] Right, but why have the additional step of saving and restoring
the flags while in the interrupt context?

Ram
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