Re: Linux Trace Toolkit

[Karim Yaghmour]

"B. James Phillippe" wrote:
> Spinlocks are the _only_ kind of lock that is safe to use in an interrupt
> handler.  Provided (as with any place you use them) that you are only
> spinning for a very small amount of time.

Agreed. Although I'll have to test it to see if the amount of time spining
doesn't have a negative impact on the system or, in the worst case, failure
to handle interrupts correctly.

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              Karim Yaghmour
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