Re: tasklets in 2.4.6

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > --- 2.4.6pre5/include/asm-alpha/softirq.h       Thu Jun 21 08:03:51 2001
> > +++ softirq/include/asm-alpha/softirq.h Thu Jun 21 15:58:06 2001
> > @@ -8,21 +8,28 @@
> >  extern inline void cpu_bh_disable(int cpu)
> >  {
> >         local_bh_count(cpu)++;
> > -       mb();
> > +       barrier();
> >  }
> >
> > -extern inline void cpu_bh_enable(int cpu)
> > +extern inline void __cpu_bh_enable(int cpu)
> >  {
> > -       mb();
> > +       barrier();
> >         local_bh_count(cpu)--;
> >  }
> 
> I do not say this is wrong... but why reinvent the wheel?  Is it
> possible to use atomic_t for local

ignore this.  I see the reason, and forgot to delete this text :)

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