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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [DOCUMENTATION] Revised Unreliable Kernel Locking Guide 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:16:24 CDT."
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312122203090.23752@montezuma.fsmlabs.com> you write:
> I think he could also add that local_irq_disable() also disables
> preemption implicitely.

True, but I don't actually mention preemption very much at all, except
in RCU.  That belongs more in the Unreliable Guide To Kernel Hacking,
IMHO.

Revising which is next weeks' job.

> Small nit, it's 'current'

Thanks fixed!
Rusty.
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