Re: [patch] i8253: Convert i8253_lock to raw_spinlock

From: Ralf Baechle
Date: Wed Feb 17 2010 - 11:58:07 EST


On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 04:47:10PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> i8253_lock needs to be a real spinlock in preempt-rt, i.e. it can
> not be converted to a sleeping lock.
>
> Convert it to raw_spinlock and fix up all users.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ralf
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