linux-kernel - Re: [KJ]remove SPIN_LOCK

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Message-ID: <adafy78orvl.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:13:02 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Milind Arun Choudhary <milindchoudhary@...IL.COM>,
	kernel-janitors@...ts.osdl.org, kernelnewbies@...linux.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KJ]remove SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED

 > Fact is, we cannot remove SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED. It's needed for
 > variables outside functions:
 > 
 > static spinlock_t foobar = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;

DEFINE_SPINLOCK() is provided to define variables that way.

 - R.
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