[linux-dvb] [BUG] flexcop lockdep

[Borgi2008]

Am Mittwoch, den 04.04.2007, 23:29 +0300 schrieb Antti Seppälä:
> Borgi2008 wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > i've created a bugfixes. Hope it could helps you.
> > 
> > Hendrik Borghorst
> > 
> > 
> 
> Actually, looking at the code I cannot figure out why there has to be a
> spinlock in the first place.
> 
> The lock is only taken in the interrupt handler which already runs in
> atomic context so there is no use in making the handler protected by a
> spinlock. Am I missing something here?
> 
> I think the spinlock is unnecessary and should be removed entirely.
> 
> 
> --
> Antti Seppälä

Hello,

it could be that the spinlock can be completely  removed. I only saw
that the spinlock is called before initialization. :-) So I fixed
because this crashed my system. I would like to see that the bug is
fixed official so i have not to patch my kernels anymore. 

Best greets

Hendrik Borghorst