* Nick Piggin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >+#define spin_lock_mutex(lock) spin_lock(lock)
> >+#define spin_unlock_mutex(lock) spin_unlock(lock)
>
> Is this an interrupt deadlock, or do you not allow interrupt contexts
> to even trylock a mutex?
correct, no irq contexts are allowed. This is also checked for if
CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES is enabled.
Ingo
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