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

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Date:	Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:12:25 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	Remy Bohmer <linux@...mer.net>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] printer port driver: semaphore to mutex

On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 21:01 +0100, Remy Bohmer wrote:
> Daniel,
> 
> FYI: I am working on the conversion of the 2 sem->mutex in kernel/printk.c

I looked at the console_sem , but i was going to leave that as last..

The problem with the console_sem is that it can get locked from
interrupt context, which is discouraged with mutex types.. I think it
will be complicated to convert..

Daniel

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