Re: [PATCH 2.6.12.5 1/2] lib: allow idr to be used in irq context

[Andrew Morton]

Jim Houston <jim.houston@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 18:03, Luben Tuikov wrote:
> 
> > If idr_get_new() or idr_remove() is used in IRQ context,
> > then we may get a lockup when idr_pre_get was called
> > in process context and an IRQ interrupted while it held
> > the idp lock.
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Luben's changes make sense please merge them.
> 

Well yes, the change makes sense if there's actually a caller which needs it.

If there is such a caller then Luben should identify it, please.
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