Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753251AbWKGW3z (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:29:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753781AbWKGW3z (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:29:55 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:31421 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753251AbWKGW3y (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:29:54 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 22:29:46 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Amol Lad Cc: Andrew Morton , James.Bottomley@steeleye.com, linux kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/mca_53c9x.c : save_flags()/cli() removal Message-ID: <20061107222946.GA20332@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Amol Lad , Andrew Morton , James.Bottomley@steeleye.com, linux kernel References: <1162816931.22062.132.camel@amol.verismonetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1162816931.22062.132.camel@amol.verismonetworks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 501 Lines: 11 On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 06:12:11PM +0530, Amol Lad wrote: > Replaced save_flags()/cli() with spin_lock alternatives This patch has very little chance to work as-is because it only replaces cli with spinlocks, but not the irq handler it's locking against. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/