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Subject: Re: [patch V2 13/13] usb: atm: Replace in_interrupt() usage in
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To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
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        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <a.darwish@linutronix.de>,
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From:   Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@free.fr>
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Date:   Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:28:33 +0200
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On 10/19/20 12:06 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> in_interrupt() is a pretty vague context description as it means: hard
> interrupt, soft interrupt or bottom half disabled regions.
> 
> Replace the vague comment with a proper reasoning why spin_lock_irqsave()
> needs to be used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@free.fr>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
> 
> ---
>   drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c |    2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
> @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static void usbatm_complete(struct urb *
>   	/* vdbg("%s: urb 0x%p, status %d, actual_length %d",
>   	     __func__, urb, status, urb->actual_length); */
>   
> -	/* usually in_interrupt(), but not always */
> +	/* Can be invoked from task context, protect against interrupts */
>   	spin_lock_irqsave(&channel->lock, flags);
>   
>   	/* must add to the back when receiving; doesn't matter when sending */
> 


Signed-off-by: Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@free.fr>