From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: James Nelson <james4765@cwazy.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org,
akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/13] remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/*
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:25:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41EABFC5.3060002@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050116135223.30109.26479.55757@localhost.localdomain>
James Nelson wrote:
> This series of patches removes the last cli()/sti()/save_flags()/restore_flags()
> function calls in drivers/char.
to what end?
I guess I don't get it. What makes these drivers SMP-safe now?
Or is this series of patches only done to kill off the use
of deprecated functions? If that's the case, they could
easily give someone the (false) expectation that the drivers
are SMP-safe, couldn't they? Well, ftape (for one) is still
marked as BROKEN_ON_SMP, but will people know why it's
marked that way?
Have you read Documentation/cli-sti-removal.txt ?
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-16 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-16 13:52 [PATCH 0/13] remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/* James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:52 ` [PATCH 1/13] epca: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/epca.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:52 ` [PATCH 2/13] esp: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/esp.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:52 ` [PATCH 3/13] ftape: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/ftape/lowlevel/ftape-format.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 21:10 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-16 13:52 ` [PATCH 4/13] ftape: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/ftape/lowlevel/ftape-io.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 21:11 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-16 13:52 ` [PATCH 5/13] generic_serial: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/generic_serial.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:53 ` [PATCH 6/13] ip2: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/ip2main.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:53 ` [PATCH 7/13] istallion: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/istallion.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:53 ` [PATCH 8/13] ite_gpio: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/ite_gpio.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:53 ` [PATCH 9/13] moxa: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/moxa.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:53 ` [PATCH 10/13] pcxx: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/pcxx.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:53 ` [PATCH 11/13] riscom8: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/riscom8.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:53 ` [PATCH 12/13] serial_tx3912: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/serial_tx3912.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 13:53 ` [PATCH 13/13] stallion: remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/stallion.c James Nelson
2005-01-16 19:25 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2005-01-16 20:13 ` [PATCH 0/13] remove cli()/sti() in drivers/char/* Jim Nelson
2005-01-16 21:04 ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-16 21:10 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-16 22:33 ` Jim Nelson
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