linux-kernel - Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH] rtc: Make rtc_update

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <200904231225.01618.david-b@pacbell.net>
Date:	Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:25:01 -0700
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
Cc:	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hcegtvedt@...el.com, vapier@...too.org, rongkai.zhan@...driver.com,
	balajirrao@...nmoko.org, broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com
Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH] rtc: Make rtc_update_irq callable with irqs enabled

On Thursday 23 April 2009, Alessandro Zummo wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:02:48 -0700
> David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:
> 
> > >  as I stated in the email to Andrew.
> > > 
> > >  do you agree? :)  
> > 
> > If (rtc_update_irq() starts disabling them locally,
> > 	&& its interface stops requiring callers to do that)
> > then
> > 	it's fine;
> > 
> 
>  but why rtc_update_irq should disable the IRQs? I believe
>  it can work just fine with IRQs enabled.

The last patch I saw was just changing from "caller must
disable them" to "rtc_update_irq() disables them".

If you're talking about a different patch, please forward...



--
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/