> i've done a minor comment update in softirq.c, plus i've written a
> cli-sti-removal.txt guide to help driver writers do the transition:
Nice document.
One more doc correction while we are at it...
Robert Love
diff -urN linux-2.5.27/Documentation/preempt-locking.txt linux/Documentation/preempt-locking.txt
--- linux-2.5.27/Documentation/preempt-locking.txt Sat Jul 20 12:11:06 2002
+++ linux/Documentation/preempt-locking.txt Sun Jul 21 17:59:13 2002
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@
preempt_enable() decrement the preempt counter
preempt_disable() increment the preempt counter
preempt_enable_no_resched() decrement, but do not immediately preempt
-preempt_get_count() return the preempt counter
+preempt_check_resched() if needed, reschedule
+preempt_count() return the preempt counter
The functions are nestable. In other words, you can call preempt_disable
n-times in a code path, and preemption will not be reenabled until the n-th
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