Alan Cox writes:
 > Actually a PS to this while I think about it. spin_locks and mutex type
 > locks could both do with a macro for
 > 
 >      call_locked(&lock, foo(a,b,c,d))

reiser4 code was publicly humiliated for such macros, but indeed they
are useful. The only problem is that one needs two macros: one for foo()
returning void and one for all other cases.

 > 
 > to cut down on all the error path forgot to release a lock type errors.
 > 

Nikita.

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