> This isn't necessary (nor desirable). If the API here is that we get called > from process context for ->open and ->close(), just use the > spin_lock_irq and spin_unlock_irq variants for these paths (avoiding the need > to remove the lock acquire in ->open and ->close.
OK. I will update my patch based on your comment above. Thank you for your quick response. Seiji -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/