linux-kernel - Re: RFH: Converting a driver from semaphore to mutex in 2.6.21

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:04:14 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Martijn Uffing" <mp3project@...ijopen.student.utwente.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFH: Converting a driver from semaphore to mutex in 2.6.21

On 7/12/07, Martijn Uffing <mp3project@...ijopen.student.utwente.nl> wrote:
> I must miss something really really obvious, but I really can't find it.

[snip]

> drivers/i2c/chips/bt869.c:63: error: field `update_lock' has incomplete type

[snip]

> @@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ struct bt869_data {
>         struct i2c_client client;
>         int sysctl_id;
>
> -       struct semaphore update_lock;
> +       struct mutex_debug update_lock;
                      ^^^^^^

s/struct mutex_debug/struct mutex/g. Follow-ups to
http://kernelnewbies.org/ please.

                                           Pekka
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