On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:10:57 +0000 Michael Witten <mfwitten@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > + to respond to hard interrupts. Consequently, in the simplest case, > + a block of code can be rendered atomic by placing > + <function>local_irq_disable()</function> before the block and > + <function>local_irq_enable()</function> after the block. > + </para> But disabling interrupts does not, in itself, make code atomic, please don't say that. jon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html