Re: PATCH: EDAC - clean up atomic stuff

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Nov 02 2005 - 10:32:54 EST


On Mer, 2005-11-02 at 16:26 +1100, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Well if we retain KM_BOUNCE_READ then we'll need local_irq_save(). If
> edac_mc_scrub_block() will alwyas be called from process context then we
> can use KM_USER0 and leave interrupts enabled.
>
> Alan, can you confirm please?

Probably best to local_irq_save. Especially considering the likely
direction of updates once it is merged

Alan

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