[linuxppc-release] [PATCH v3 4/4] fsl-dma: use spin_lock_bh to instead of spin_lock_irqsave

Tabi Timur-B04825 B04825 at freescale.com
Tue Jul 17 00:25:18 EST 2012


Qiang Liu wrote:
> Use spin_lock_bh to instead of spin_lock_irqsave for improving performance.

You forgot to include the evidence that performance has improved, as well 
as an explanation why it's okay to use spin_lock_bh, and why it's faster. 
  I told you to respin the patch with that information in the patch 
description.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale




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