Re: [RFC] Rename _bh to _softirq

Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu)
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 23:17:24 +0200 (CEST)


On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy wrote:

> >No, now it clearly means buffer head.
> Another point in favor of renaming :).
>
> local_bh_disable() disables local _softirqs_ not "local buffer head".

they seldom occur in the same neighborhood - i've never mistaken buffer
heads for bottom halves.

Ingo

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