linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/mca_53c9x.c : save

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Message-ID: <20061107222946.GA20332@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 7 Nov 2006 22:29:46 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Amol Lad <amol@...ismonetworks.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, James.Bottomley@...eleye.com,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/mca_53c9x.c : save_flags()/cli() removal

On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 06:12:11PM +0530, Amol Lad wrote:
> Replaced save_flags()/cli() with spin_lock alternatives

This patch has very little chance to work as-is because it only replaces
cli with spinlocks, but not the irq handler it's locking against.

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