linux-kernel - Fix for genalloc locking

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Date:	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:43:12 +1000
From:	Iwo Mergler <iwo@...l-direct.com.au>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Jes Sorensen <jes@...ined-monkey.org>
Subject: Fix for genalloc locking

Hi,

I hit a little problem while using genalloc with a mix
of interrupt/non-interrupt context. I believe the correct
fix is to replace the locking calls with the _irqsave/_irqrestore
variants. Patch follows.

Is this correct?

BTW, is there any documentation on the Lockdep warnings?
What exactly is the meaning of {--+.} in 

(&pool->lock){--+.}, at: [<c0125d1c>] gen_pool_free+0x34/0x120

Kind regards,

Iwo

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