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SubjectRe: [patch 2/3] NUMA slab locking fixes - move irq disabling from cahep->spinlock to l3 lock
On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote:
> IMHO, if you keep something around which is not needed, it might later get
> abused/misused. And what would you add in as comments for the
> cachep->spinlock?
>
> Instead, bold comments on cachep structure stating what all members are
> protected by which lock/mutex should be sufficient no?

Yeah, I guess we can put the spinlock back if we ever need it.

Pekka
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