The usage of this "mutex" is non obvious and probably a completion in some places. Make it a semaphore. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: David Miller --- drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6-tip/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c @@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static int mkiss_open(struct tty_struct spin_lock_init(&ax->buflock); atomic_set(&ax->refcnt, 1); - init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&ax->dead_sem); + semaphore_init_locked(&ax->dead_sem); ax->tty = tty; tty->disc_data = ax; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/