linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/riscom8.c: save

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Date:	Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:56:12 +0200
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Amol Lad <amol@...ismonetworks.com>
Cc:	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel Janitors <kernel-janitors@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/riscom8.c: save_flags()/cli()/sti()
	removal

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 17:10 +0530, Amol Lad wrote:
> Removed save_flags()/cli()/sti() and used (light weight) spin locks

Hi,

I applaud removing such legacy-should-be-dead-by-now functions; however,
I'm not entirely sure your conversion is correct. While you convert all
places that do cli/sti with locks.... you do not seem to be adding the
locks to the places that the cli/sti pairs protected against (the IRQ
handlers).... so it looks like your conversion is incomplete ;(

Greetings,
    Arjan van de Ven

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