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From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] _TPC,_TSS,_PTC support
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 00:35:44 -0400
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To: Luming Yu <luming.yu@gmail.com>
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a couple places use local_irq_disable/local_irq_enable

but it isn't obvious why interrupts need to be disabled.
also, wouldn't it be safer to use local_irq_save/local_irq_restore
in the event the code is used with interrupts off?

Applied to acpi-test (and then Lindented:-)

thanks,
-Len