Re: question on spinlocks

Oliver Neukum (oliver@neukum.name)
Mon, 2 Sep 2002 00:02:41 +0200

> > No; spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore and spin_lock/spin_unlock
> > have to be used in matching pairs.
>
> If it was his least problem! He'll run straight into a "schedule w/IRQs
> disabled" bug.

OK, how do I drop an irqsave spinlock if I don't have flags?

Regards
Oliver

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