Re: spinlock help

[Nigel Gamble]

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Manoj Sontakke wrote:
> 1. when spin_lock_irqsave() function is called the subsequent code is
> executed untill spin_unloc_irqrestore()is called. is this right?

Yes.  The protected code will not be interrupted, or simultaneously
executed by another CPU.

> 2. is this sequence valid?
> 	spin_lock_irqsave(a,b);
> 	spin_lock_irqsave(c,d);

Yes, as long as it is followed by:

	spin_unlock_irqrestore(c, d);
	spin_unlock_irqrestore(a, b);

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