Loop may be correctly waiting for the owner/pending bit to be set, just checking, I don't remember all the bit values. > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Moore, Robert > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:09 PM > To: Andreas Mohr; Andrew Morton > Cc: Brown, Len; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [PATCH -mm 5/6] cpu_relax(): use in ACPI lock > > I may be interpreting this incorrectly, but are you busy-waiting on the > ACPI Global Lock to become free? > > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi- > > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Mohr > > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:01 PM > > To: Andrew Morton > > Cc: Brown, Len; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [PATCH -mm 5/6] cpu_relax(): use in ACPI lock > > > > > > Use cpu_relax() in __acpi_acquire_global_lock() etc. > > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html