spinlock in completion_done() (was: Re: Async resume patch (was: Re: [GIT PULL] PM updates for 2.6.33))

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On Tuesday 08 December 2009, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > BTW, is there a good reason why completion_done() doesn't use spin_lock_irqsave
> > and spin_unlock_irqrestore?  complete() and complete_all() use them, so why not
> > here?
> 
> And likewise in try_wait_for_completion().  It looks like a bug.  Maybe 
> these routines were not intended to be called with interrupts disabled, 
> but that requirement doesn't seem to be documented.  And it isn't a 
> natural requirement anyway.

OK, let's ask Ingo about that.

Ingo, is there any particular reason why completion_done() and
try_wait_for_completion() don't use spin_lock_irqsave() and
spin_unlock_irqrestore()?

Rafael
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