From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:7108 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261955AbUB2Acq (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:32:46 -0500 Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:29:43 -0800 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: remove irq_enter()/irq_exit() from hardirq.h Message-Id: <20040228162943.5ce74e15.davem@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <200402272239.i1RMdU7E015674@napali.hpl.hp.com> References: <200402272239.i1RMdU7E015674@napali.hpl.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: davidm@hpl.hp.com Cc: davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:39:30 -0800 David Mosberger wrote: > but I'm wondering whether > leaving irq_enter()/irq_exit() in hardirq.h might invite someone to > use it outside of architecture-specific code (which is not the case at > the moment, as far as I can see). I agree with you, it shouldn't be publicly visible. The s390 guys will need to do some work as their drivers reference these two routines (ie. grep under drivers/s390/)