Re: [PATCH 1/8] serial 8250: move push calls out of lock

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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:46:20 -0500
Corey Minyard <minyard@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok, again trying this out with a new approach.
> 
> Subject: serial 8250: move push calls out of lock
> 
> Due to previous changes in the 8250 driver, the call to
> tty_flip_buffer_push is now done with interrupts disabled.  Not really
> a huge deal, but sub-optimal.

This is actually a very good idea as it means you don't have to deal with
the problems with low_latency causing re-entry into the driver under the
lock so its conceptually much easier to follow the locking


Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
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