On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Pekka J Enberg wrote: > Can you please write a comment of the locking rules when cmpxchg_local() > is used? Looks as if we could push that local_irq_save() to slub_lock() > and local_irq_restore() to slub_unlock() and deal with the unused flags > variable for the non-CONFIG_FAST_CMPXCHG_LOCAL case with a macro, no?
Hmmmm... Maybe .. The locking rules are not changed at all by this patch. The cmpxchg_local is only used for the per cpu object list. The per cpu slabs are frozen. - 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/
