linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] printer port driver: semaphore to mutex

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Message-ID: <20071206102334.GE17299@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:23:34 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux@...mer.net, jonathan@...masters.org,
	matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] printer port driver: semaphore to mutex


* Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> wrote:

> The port_mutex is actually a semaphore, so easily converted to a 
> struct mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

cool. How far away are we from being able to remove all the semaphore 
code? :-)

	Ingo
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