Hello! This series contains fixes to the kernel related to the semantics of spin_is_locked(), all courtesy of Andrea Parri, and all ready for inclusion in -tip: 1. Document the semantics of spin_is_locked() by adding a docbook header comment. 2. Remove smp_mb() from arch_spin_is_locked(), given that the new order-free spin_is_locked() semantics require no such barrier. 3. Clean up comment and #ifndef for {,queued_}spin_is_locked(). The comment was "XXX think about spin_is_locked", and I can attest that we have now done some serious thinking. ;-) Thanx, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------