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From: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
To: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Cc: holt@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] drivers/misc/sgi-xp: convert nested
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:20:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090718232000.GB7426@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0907181723360.26792@ask.diku.dk>

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 05:23:57PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> -			spin_lock_irqsave(&part_uv->flags_lock, irq_flags);
> +			spin_lock(&part_uv->flags_lock);
>  			part_uv->flags &= ~XPC_P_CACHED_ACTIVATE_GRU_MQ_DESC_UV;

Please do not change this.

I think this is a false positive to a automated script.  We are not
comparing against the processors irq flags, but rather against the
partitions flags.  Note above the difference between irq_flags and
part_uv->flags.

Maybe I misunderstand your point in this patch.

Robin

  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-18 23:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-18 15:23 [PATCH 3/6] drivers/misc/sgi-xp: convert nested spin_lock_irqsave Julia Lawall
2009-07-18 23:20 ` Robin Holt [this message]
2009-07-18 23:33 ` [PATCH 3/6] drivers/misc/sgi-xp: convert nested Robin Holt

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