Re: [patch] "big IRQ lock" removal, 2.5.27-A9

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Mon, 22 Jul 2002 01:40:18 +0100

On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 02:31:16AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> +drivers that want to disable local interrupts (interrupts on the
> +current CPU), can use the following four macros:
> +
> + __cli(), __sti(), __save_flags(flags), __restore_flags(flags)

Last mail before zzz (hopefully) - what about
local_irq_{enable,disable,save,restore} ?

With the exception of local_irq_save() which is actually
local_irq_save_disable(), I find these to be more "descriptive" of
their function.

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
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