Re: [patch] cli()/sti() cleanup, 2.5.27-A2

Ingo Molnar
2002-07-22T13:36:55Z

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> > i agree mostly, but i do not agree with __irq_save() and irq_save().
> > What's wrong with "flags_t irq_save_off()" - the name carries the proper
> > meaning, and it also harmonizes with irq_off().
>
> but not with irq_restore :) maybe irq_restore_on() although the on is
> implicit.

think about it - if this was true then irq_restore_on() would be
equivalent to irq_on().

Ingo