Re: No locking is needed ... why?

BALBIR SINGH (balbir.singh@wipro.com)
Tue, 09 Oct 2001 19:15:59 +0530


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>Each CPU has its own data structure here. This means no
>other CPU will touch this queue (they have their own)
>so there is nobody we could ever race against.
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We would still require locking or interrupt disabling if this data is used
from an interrupt context (due to re-enterency issues), wouldn't we Rik?

Regards,
Balbir

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