From: Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Bird <ajb@spheresystems.co.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Spinlock debugging
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:31:20 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ac55yzx3.fsf@javad.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1158068628.6780.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> (Alan Cox's message of "Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:43:48 +0100")
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
[...]
> So all you need in your IRQ handler is
>
> if (tty_insert_flip_string(tty, buf, size))
> tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
What is the purpose of the "if" in the above code? is push with no data
in the buffer dangerous? Or is it just optimization of
almost-never-taken path? ;)
-- Sergei.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-12 13:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-11 15:32 Spinlock debugging Andrew Bird (Sphere Systems)
2006-09-11 16:36 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-11 16:38 ` Andrew Bird
2006-09-11 17:24 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-12 7:47 ` Andrew Bird
2006-09-12 13:43 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-12 13:31 ` Sergei Organov [this message]
2006-09-12 14:04 ` Alan Cox
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