Re: [PATCH][2.5] IRQ distribution patch for 2.5.58

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 01:08:55PM -0800, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
+		spin_lock(&desc->lock);
+		irq_balance_mask[selected_irq] = target_cpu_mask;
+		spin_unlock(&desc->lock);

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> Wrong.

On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 10:52:35PM -0500, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> The desc locking for irq_balance_mask looks very strange,  what made you 
> put it in?

I only quoted the patch. I've got enough going wrong with hackers
running wild and stuffing bitmasks, ASCII art, and possibly even JPEG's
into my RTE's without changing thelocking.

-- wli