Re: [patch] cli()/sti() cleanup, 2.5.27-A2

Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@linuxpower.ca)
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:48:37 +0200 (SAST)

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> As to needing to do a save without a disable, show me where that really
> matters..

Heres an interesting one;

void setup_APIC_timer(void * data)
{
[...]
__save_flags(flags);
__sti();
[...]
}

Regards,
Zwane

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