Re: [PATCH 3/6] drivers/misc/sgi-xp: convert nestedspin_lock_irqsave to spin_lock

[Robin Holt]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 05:23:57PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> -			spin_lock_irqsave(&part_uv->flags_lock, irq_flags);
> +			spin_lock(&part_uv->flags_lock);
>  			part_uv->flags &= ~XPC_P_CACHED_ACTIVATE_GRU_MQ_DESC_UV;

Please do not change this.

I think this is a false positive to a automated script.  We are not
comparing against the processors irq flags, but rather against the
partitions flags.  Note above the difference between irq_flags and
part_uv->flags.

Maybe I misunderstand your point in this patch.

Robin
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