Re: [PATCH 2/7] kfifo: move out spinlock

[Alan Cox]

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:46:30 +0200
Stefani Seibold <stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Move the pointer to the spinlock out of struct kfifo. Most
> users in tree do not actually use a spinlock, so the few
> exceptions now have to call kfifo_{get,put}_locked, which takes
> an extra argument to a spinlock.

NAK this one for the moment

We are about to set fifo loose through all the USB and some other
char/serial drivers all of which will use the spinlock facility.
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