linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] atm: nicstar: Replace spin_is_locked() with spin

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Date:   Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:32:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ldr709@...il.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...ux.ibm.com,
        3chas3@...il.com, linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atm: nicstar: Replace spin_is_locked() with
 spin_trylock()

From: Lance Roy <ldr709@...il.com>
Date: Thu,  4 Oct 2018 00:46:57 -0700

> ns_poll() used spin_is_locked() + spin_lock() to get achieve the same
> thing as a spin_trylock(), so simplify it by using that instead. This is
> also a step towards possibly removing spin_is_locked().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lance Roy <ldr709@...il.com>

Applied to net-next.