Re: [PATCH] x86: sparse_irq need spin_lock in alloc

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Each of these locks can be made local to the function in which they 
> are used (and hence they should be made local).
> 
> It would be nice to add a comment explaining what they are protecting, 
> unless that is obvious (I didn't look).

ok - i moved the locks next to the data structure they protect (the free 
list head), and added a small exlanation as well - as per the commit 
below.

	Ingo

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