linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] use spinlock instead of binary mutex in CDU-31A driver

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Message-ID: <p737is43sah.fsf@bingen.suse.de>
Date:	23 Apr 2007 01:25:58 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com>
Cc:	emoenke@...g.de, minyard@...rch.cirr.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use spinlock instead of binary mutex in CDU-31A driver

Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com> writes:

> -static DECLARE_MUTEX(sony_sem);		/* Semaphore for drive hardware access */
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(sony_mtx);		/* Mutex for drive hardware access */

That's not a spinlock.  Also normally some rationale is added to the
description for a change?

-Andi
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