Re: question on spinlocks

[Pete Zaitcev]

>> > No; spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore and spin_lock/spin_unlock
>> > have to be used in matching pairs.
>[...] 
> OK, how do I drop an irqsave spinlock if I don't have flags?

It was a good thing you didn't have flags, because everything
that passes flags as arguments blows up on sparc immediately.

Most likely answer is "restructure your locking".

-- Pete