Re: schedule inside spin_lock_irqsave?

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

On 05/30/2010 05:24 PM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> struct smscore_buffer_t *get_entry(void)
> {
>   struct smscore_buffer_t *cb = NULL;
>   spin_lock_irqsave(&coredev->bufferslock, flags);
>   if (!list_empty(&coredev->buffers)) {
>     cb = (struct smscore_buffer_t *) coredev->buffers.next;

Looking at the smscore_buffer_t definition, this is really ugly since it
relies on entry being the first in the structure. It should be
list_first_entry(&coredev->buffers, ...) instead, cast-less.

>     list_del(&cb->entry);
>   }
>   spin_unlock_irqrestore(&coredev->bufferslock, flags);
>   return cb;
> }


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