Re: Disabling interrupts in 2.4.x

> I would expect this function to disable interrupts, but given the scale of > change between 2.2.x spinlock.h and 2.4.x spinlock.h I'm just not sure > anymore. spin_lock_irqsave disables interrupts but only on the CPU that the lock is taken. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsu

RE: Disabling interrupts in 2.4.x

It's a UP configured system. -bmb- > -Original Message- > From: Andi Kleen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 3:18 PM > To: Boerner, Brian > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: Disabling interrupts in 2.4.x > >

Re: Disabling interrupts in 2.4.x

> The only thing I am sure of is that interrupts are simply not disabled. They are only disabled on the local CPU, they could still occur on other CPUs. This is not different from 2.2. > > I've also looked at some other scsi drivers that are disabling interrupts > and they appear to be making

Disabling interrupts in 2.4.x

I'm still trying to get the aacraid driver up and running on 2.4 and have worked it down to this final problem. It appears that interrupts are not being disabled properly using spin_lock_irqsave. I'm using 2.4.0-test11. I make this call: spin_lock_irqsave ( &(SpinLock->spin_lock), SpinLoc