Re: [PATCH] tifm: avoid inconsistent lock state

[Alessio Igor Bogani]

Dear Sir Morton,

2009/4/11 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
[...]
> tifm_7xx1_isr() can legitimately use spin_lock() on that lock, because
> it's running in hard IRQ context and "knows" that tifm_7xx1_isr()
> cannot be reentered on this CPU while it is running.
[...]

Thank you for reply and explanation.

Ciao,
Alessio
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