Hi..

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 08:40, va stg2010 [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi
Can someone explain to me reason for the comment at line 332-333 of this code
http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.27.7/lib/scatterlist.c#L332

comment is:
" ? IRQ must stay disabled till @miter@ is stopped."

OK, is this the complete comment you referred?
"Context:
 332 *   IRQ disabled if SG_MITER_ATOMIC.  IRQ must stay disabled till
 333 *   @miter@ is stopped.  May sleep if !SG_MITER_ATOMIC."

well, then, my raw guess is, because it must be done atomically (when
asked to do so). Usually, atomic operation has tight relationship with
something that must be done in short time and/or must not be
interrupted by interrupt handler.

Since this is talking about scatter list, I could only guess few
example...perhaps in bio handling?

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