On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 02:38 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The patch titled > down_write(): preserve local irqs > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > down_write-preserve-local-irqs.patch > > See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find > out what to do about this > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Subject: down_write(): preserve local irqs
excuse me? Am I missing something here? down_write() is a sleeping function, right? what business does it have to be *ever* called with irqs off? if the answer is "none whatsoever", what good is saving irq state then? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
