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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:55:20 +0200 From: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com> To: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com> Cc: chas@....nrl.navy.mil, ecd@...com.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] use spinlock instead of binary mutex in idt77252 driver El Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 07:50:36PM -0400 Kyle Moffett ha dit: > On Apr 22, 2007, at 17:39:59, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > >use spinlock instead of binary mutex in idt77252 driver > > I think you really meant: "Use mutex instead of binary semaphore in > idt77252 driver", since this is a binary semaphore (not a mutex, > which are always binary): > >- struct semaphore mutex; > > and this is a mutex, not a spinlock: > >+ struct mutex mutex; > > Everything else looks good though you're totally right. like in another patch i sent at the same time i messed up the description. as you point out it should read "Use mutex instead of binary semaphore in idt77252 driver". in the last days i reported some spinlock related bugs, i suppose that made me write spinlock instead of mutex ... thanks for your comments -- Matthias Kaehlcke Linux Application Developer Barcelona If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else (Laurence J. Peter) .''`. using free software / Debian GNU/Linux | http://debian.org : :' : `. `'` gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 47D8E5D4 `- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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