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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] ppc: remove cli()/sti() from arch/ppc/*
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James Nelson wrote:
> This series of patches is to remove the last cli()/sti() function calls in arch/ppc.
> 
> These are the only instances in active code that grep could find.

Are you sure none of these need real spinlocks instead of just disabling 
interrupts?

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				Brian Gerst