Re: [PATCH] asm-i386/atomic.h: local_irq_save should be used instead of local_irq_disable

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, lepton wrote:

> I think irq is disbaled in local_irq_save, am I right?
>
> /* For spinlocks etc */
> #define local_irq_save(x)       __asm__ __volatile__("pushfl ; popl %0 ; cli":"=g" (x): /* no input */ :"memory")
>

Yes, with the CLI in the code. The macro-name was not correct and implied
only a save of the flags..



Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.15.4 on an i686 machine (5589.42 BogoMips).
Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction, book release in April.
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