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Re: [ipw3945-devel] [PATCH 21/22] iwlwifi: change spin_lock to spin_lock_irqsave

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On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 05:10 +0800, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> As far as I understand, spin_lock_irqsave() is superfluous in
> interrupt handlers, since interrupt handlers are run with interrupts
> disabled.

spin_lock_irqsave is required if multiple interrupts are used, i.e.
MSI-X. IOAPIC only guarantees the same interrupt line is disabled during
the isr.

Thanks,
-yi

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