[PATCH 3/5] ARM: sa1100: use ioremapped memory to access SC registers

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
>  static void sa1100_mask_irq(struct irq_data *d)
>  {
> -	ICMR &= ~BIT(d->hwirq);
> +	u32 reg;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock, flags);

What's the exact point of that lock? And how is it related to the
$subject of the patch?

Thanks,

	tglx