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Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:33:50 +0200
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] mdb-2.6.27-rc2-ia32-08-07-08.patch
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I wrote:
> jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote:
>> check mdb-main.c -- I disable preemption before rspin_lock is 
>> attempted.
...
> Then it is recommendable that you document the call context requirements 
> at the functions.

An alternative would of course be to establish the non-preemptible 
context from inside the lock accessors, either redundantly to what the 
call site is doing, or instead of doing it at the call site if that can 
be arranged.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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