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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 23:17:24 +0200 (CEST)
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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To: "Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy" <maxk@qualcomm.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Rename _bh to _softirq
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy wrote:

> >No, now it clearly means buffer head.
> Another point in favor of renaming :).
> 
> local_bh_disable() disables local _softirqs_ not "local buffer head".

they seldom occur in the same neighborhood - i've never mistaken buffer 
heads for bottom halves.

	Ingo

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