On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 01:40:14PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: > > My point is that the lock should be used to protect specific data. Thus, it > would be more correct to say, "spinlock foo is taken because > pps_register_source() accesses variable bar". > > That way, if someone else wants to access "bar", they know that they need > to take lock "foo".
Ah, ok! I see. :) Thanks, Rodolfo -- GNU/Linux Solutions e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Device Driver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Embedded Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNIX programming phone: +39 349 2432127 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
