linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] isapnp driver semaphore to mutex

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Message-Id: <1196709633.1568.12.camel@jnielson-xp.ddns.mvista.com>
Date:	Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:20:33 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...mer.net,
	jonathan@...masters.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isapnp driver semaphore to mutex

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 20:11 +0100, Michal Schmidt wrote:
> Dne Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:35:01 -0800
> Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> napsal(a):
> 
> > Speaking of automating.. I created a little .vimrc add-on which helps
> > doing sem2mutex type changes. Here's the chunk I added,
> > 
> >     function Semtomutex( lo )
> >         exe '%s/down(&'.a:lo.')/mutex_lock\(\&'.a:lo.'\)/g'
> >         exe '%s/down_trylock(&'.a:lo.')/mutex_trylock\(\&'.a:lo.'\)/g'
> 
> From the comment above mutex_trylock():
>  * NOTE: this function follows the spin_trylock() convention, so
>  * it is negated to the down_trylock() return values! Be careful
>  * about this when converting semaphore users to mutexes.
> 
> Michal

Thanks, I didn't notice this .. I've only run into one tho..

Daniel

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