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Stefan Metzmacher
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There is a mix of using spin_lock() and spin_lock_irq(), which is confusing as IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE is used and no code would be called from any interrupt. So using spin_lock() or even mutexes would be ok. But we'll soon share common code with the client, which uses IB_POLL_SOFTIRQ. And Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst section "Cheat Sheet For Locking" says: - Otherwise (== data can be touched in an interrupt), use spin_lock_irqsave() and spin_unlock_irqrestore(). So in order to keep it simple and safe we use that version now. It will help merging functions into common code and have consistent locking in all cases. Acked-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org> Cc: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> Cc: Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com> Cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org Cc: samba-technical@lists.samba.org Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.