On 3 Nov 2002, Robert Love wrote:
> In other words, a lock unique to your interrupt handler does not need to
> disable interrupts (since only that handler can grab the lock and it is
> disabled).
>
> If other handlers can grab the lock, interrupts need to be disabled.
The only way would be running with SA_INTERRUPT for that isr and any
others on that line which might contend for the same lock. Determining
otherwise seems like too much trouble, and anyway i can't recall ever
seeing such a scenario in drivers/ Basically i think we should forget
about option 1.
Zwane
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