From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G9Kcp-0003sa-IX for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:47:27 -0700 Received: from smtp009.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.63]) by mail.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1G9Kcm-00011M-Lc for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:47:27 -0700 From: Blaisorblade Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 13:47:26 +0200 References: <200607070033.k670XhQR008707@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <517e86fb0608040600n52f36b8ci60f4e219f8cd4b5a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <517e86fb0608040600n52f36b8ci60f4e219f8cd4b5a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608051347.26926.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 10/19] UML - Remove spinlock wrapper functions List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, sandr8@gmail.com Cc: Jeff Dike , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 04 August 2006 15:00, alessandro salvatori wrote: > Jeff, > > the new lock irq_lock is still static, but we now have preprocessor > macros to be included from a header file Are you talking about spin_lock_irqsave & co? In that case you have maybe missed that the removed functions were simply wrappers for spin_lock_irqsave. Those wrappers existed to be used in files which can't include kernel headers (long story). > instead of non-static functions in > the same module as the static irq_lock. > Am I missing something? -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel