Re: [RFC] Merge softirq, local_irq_count, local_bh_count

From: Anton Blanchard (anton@linuxcare.com)
Date: Sat Jul 29 2000 - 04:12:24 EST


 
> I have updated all architectures except s390 and sparc64, both of which
> use locks for no apparent reason, the fields should all be cpu local
> data. I'm waiting for responses from maintainers before changing those
> architectures.

The global_irq_lock on sparc64 is implemented as a brlock. Perhaps we need
two definitions of these macros, one using bitops and one using brlocks.

Anton

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