Dead spinlock fields

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:20:32 +1100


include/asm-i386/spinlock.h defines a spinlock with a "previous" field
that is never used. Even in alpha/spinlock, the field is only used to
print info for stuck spinlocks. Do we still need the "previous" field
in spinlocks?