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

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Message-Id: <20181006165947.GQ2674@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Sat, 6 Oct 2018 09:59:47 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     ldr709@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 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()

On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 02:32:36PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 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.

Thank you, Dave!  I have dropped this one from my tree.

							Thanx, Paul