On Tue, 6 May 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > > down(), down_interruptible() and down_try() should use spin_lock_irq(), not > irqsave. down_trylock() is used in atomic code. See for example kernel/printk.c. So no, that one needs to be irqsafe. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html