Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [PATCH 00/10] usb-serial: Switches from spin lock to atomic_t.

>  Isn't it right? Is the URB write so fast that switching to atomic_t
> doesn't pay-off?

an atomic_t access and a spinlock are basically the same price... so
what's the payoff ?


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