> I would expect this function to disable interrupts, but given the scale of
> change between 2.2.x spinlock.h and 2.4.x spinlock.h I'm just not sure
> anymore.
spin_lock_irqsave disables interrupts but only on the CPU that the lock
is taken.
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> From: Andi Kleen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 3:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: Disabling interrupts in 2.4.x
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> The only thing I am sure of is that interrupts are simply not disabled.
They are only disabled on the local CPU, they could still occur on other
CPUs. This is not different from 2.2.
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> I've also looked at some other scsi drivers that are disabling interrupts
> and they appear to be making
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