Re: [PATCH 0/7] ppc: remove cli()/sti() from arch/ppc/*

[Jim Nelson <james4765@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Gerst wrote:

> James Nelson wrote:
>
> > This series of patches is to remove the last cli()/sti() function 
> > calls in arch/ppc.
> >
> > These are the only instances in active code that grep could find.
>
>
> Are you sure none of these need real spinlocks instead of just 
> disabling interrupts?
>
> --
>                 Brian Gerst
These are for single-processor systems, mostly evaluation boards and 
embedded processors.  I coudn't find any reference to multiprocessor 
setups for the processors in question after a peruse of the code or a 
quick google on the boards in question.

Jim
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