From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: loic.pallardy@st.com (Loic PALLARDY) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:50:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/9] mailbox: change protection mechanisms In-Reply-To: References: <1355836212-17956-1-git-send-email-loic.pallardy-ext@stericsson.com> <1355836212-17956-6-git-send-email-loic.pallardy-ext@stericsson.com> Message-ID: <50D43F12.8070105@st.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 12/21/2012 11:28 AM, Bedia, Vaibhav wrote: > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 18:40:08, Loic Pallardy wrote: >> TX: replace spin by mutex >> RX: replace spin_lock_irq by spin_lock_irqsave >> > > Can you please add a short note on why this is being done? > Ok I'll add more information in commit message in next version. Regards, Loic > Regards, > Vaibhav >