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Subject: Re: svn commit: r225860 - user/adrian/if_ath_tx/sys/mips/mips
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Adrian Chadd wrote:
> .. yes, spinlock_enter() / spinlock_exit() in mips does save/restore
> the interrupt context.
> So if they were disabled, they should continue being disabled.

Ah, sorry, probably I've mixed it with something else. But still I see
no reason to cover all the critical section with the disabled
interrupts. It will just increase race window before the wait
instruction and increase problem hit probability.

-- 
Alexander Motin