Re: [patch 08/19] mutex subsystem, core

[Ingo Molnar]

* Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >+#define spin_lock_mutex(lock)			spin_lock(lock)
> >+#define spin_unlock_mutex(lock)			spin_unlock(lock)
> 
> Is this an interrupt deadlock, or do you not allow interrupt contexts 
> to even trylock a mutex?

correct, no irq contexts are allowed. This is also checked for if 
CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES is enabled.

	Ingo
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