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Message-ID: <7783925d0608291912i3f04d460kc9edebf9d358dbc3@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:42:32 +0530
From: "Rick Brown" <rick.brown.3@...il.com>
To: kernelnewbies@...linux.org, linux-newbie@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Spinlock query
Hi,
In my driver (Process context), I have written the following code:
--------------------------------------------
spin_lock(lock)
...
//Critical section to manipulate driver data
...
spin_u lock(lock)
---------------------------------------------
I have written similar code in my interrupt handler (Interrupt
context). The driver data is not accessed from anywhere else. Is my
code safe from any potential concurrency issues? Is there a need to
use spin_lock_irqsave()? In both the places?
I intend to run the driver on SMP machine.
Regards,
Rick
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