linux-kernel - Re: [patch 08/10] drivers/base: Convert dev->sem to mutex

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:26:49 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [patch 08/10] drivers/base: Convert dev->sem to mutex

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:48:08PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 08:39:02PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > The semaphore is semantically a mutex. Convert it to a real mutex and
> > > clean up all users outside of drivers/base as well.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> 
> Can you take that via your drivers tree or do you want me to push it
> linuswards for .34 ?

I will take it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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