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Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:33:50 +0200 From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> To: jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] mdb-2.6.27-rc2-ia32-08-07-08.patch I wrote: > jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com wrote: >> check mdb-main.c -- I disable preemption before rspin_lock is >> attempted. ... > Then it is recommendable that you document the call context requirements > at the functions. An alternative would of course be to establish the non-preemptible context from inside the lock accessors, either redundantly to what the call site is doing, or instead of doing it at the call site if that can be arranged. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- =--- --=== http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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