linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Change struct flchip_shared spinlock locking into mutex

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Date:	Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:25:52 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	stefani@...bold.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@...il.com>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
	"Hans-Christian Egtvedt" <hans-christian.egtvedt@...el.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change struct flchip_shared spinlock locking into mutex

On Monday 02 August 2010, stefani@...bold.net wrote:
> From: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
> 
> This patch prevent to schedule while atomic by changing the
> flchip_shared spinlock into a mutex. This should be save since no atomic
> path will use this lock.

I don't know this code well, but the patch looks correct and seems
to be needed.

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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