Albert Herranz <[email protected]> writes:
>> > Should the local_irq_disable() call go away onece
>> local_irq_save() got
>> > introduced.
>>
>> Nope. The irqs need to be disabled. The save just
>> allows this
>> to be called in a context where irqs start out
>> disabled. It is
>> just a save.
>
> local_irq_save() also disables interrupts.
Bah. I was thinking and reading local_save_flags()....
So yes that does make the local_irq_disable redundant.
I still used to seeing:
save_flags();
cli();
...
restore_flags();
Eric
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