Re: drbd_worker.c: Remove lines

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Tue Jul 22 2014 - 04:10:09 EST


On Tue, 2014-07-22 at 02:17 -0400, Nick Krause wrote:
> There seems to be two fix mes in function in wait_for_work. I was
> wondering can we remove these spinlocks?

Rather than ask someone else this question, take a look to see what the
lock protects and from whom. If protected thingy cannot possibly be
diddled concurrently, you'll know what to do, if it can be, you'll know
what to do. If you can't figure it out, move on to the next windmill
until the last one on the planet has been tilted or bounced off of :)

-Mike

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