Re: Fwd: [PATCH] [RFC] ataflop: remove buggy IRQ disable fromdo_fd_request()

From: Michael Schmitz
Date: Tue Oct 20 2009 - 02:54:50 EST


Hi Jiri,

> > > Please elaborate a little bit more which of the two points above you base
> > > your NACK on.
> >
> > The removal of local_irq_disable() (which should have been local_irq_enable())
> > just raised a flag, and I didn't immediately see why the interrupt enable had
> > been commented out.
>
> Yes, it has been commented out in a very non-intuitive way.

That. too :-) What I meant to say - the reason why someone chose to comment out
the original sti() wasn't really clear. I guess the reason for that particular
change has been lost in the pre-git or bk era.

> > With a bit of further thought on the matter I am satisfied that this patch will
> > not impact on driver function at all, and do not wish to sustain my objection.
> >
> > IOW: Ack, and my sincere apologies for wasting your time.
>
> Thanks, I have added
>
> Acked-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> to the patch changelog in my tree.

That's right ...

Michael

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