Re: [PATCH] Video : Amba: Use in_interrupt() in clcdfb_sleep().

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On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 2:14 PM, santosh nayak
<santoshprasadnayak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Instead of "in_atomic()", we can use in_interrupt() to check whether
> its an interrupt context.

What is the benefit?

Your change turns clcdfb_sleep() into a ticking bomb.
If clcdfb_sleep() is called from an atomic section (e.g. under a
spinlock) it will call msleep()
and the whole thing explodes...

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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