Re: [PATCH] drivers/ide/qd65xx: no cli/sti (2.4.19-pre3 & 2.5.28)

Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@linuxpower.ca)
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 17:47:50 +0200 (SAST)


On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Samuel Thibault wrote:

> static void qd_write_reg (byte content, byte reg)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
>
> - save_flags(flags); /* all CPUs */
> - cli(); /* all CPUs */
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&qd_iolock,flags);
> outb(content,reg);

Do we need a lock/cli for that one outb?

> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qd_iolock,flags);

Zwane

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