> On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:19:57PM -0500, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > Index: linux-2.5.62-numaq/drivers/char/rtc.c
> [... good patch]
>
> Do you think some kind of API safety (e.g. removing *_lock_irq() in
> favor of *_lock_irqsave()) would be worthwhile for catching these kinds
> of errors?
I think it may be worth checking *_lock_irq users period, however iirc
there is a speed argument wrt using _lock_irq since we don't save flags.
Zwane
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