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Message-ID: <20071207074052.GF480@traven> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 08:40:52 +0100 From: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com> To: Remy Bohmer <linux@...mer.net> Cc: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jonathan@...masters.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] printer port driver: semaphore to mutex El Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 09:12:05PM +0100 Remy Bohmer ha dit: > Which do you have exactly on your list? (good to know, it prevents > double work...) it isn't really an elaborated list, until now i greped for certain semaphore usages, had a look at the code and converted it if necessary. at the moment i'm having a look at usb drivers. > 2007/12/6, Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com>: > > El Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 08:34:06AM -0800 Daniel Walker ha dit: > > > > > On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 11:23 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * 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? :-) > > > > > > I wish my 7 patches made a dent, but it's hasn't done much. ;( > > > > > > I would guess at least a week just to mop up the relatively easy ones.. > > > I've got 12 in my queue, and there still ~50 hopefully trivial ones > > > still to be looked at.. Then another ~30 more difficult ones (that use > > > init_MUTEX_LOCKED, or sema_init with 0 instead of 1) .. > > > > I've also more patches of this type on my list, though i work in a > > slower pace > > > > > > You must have a plan. If you don't have a plan, > > you'll become part of somebody else's plan > > .''`. > > using free software / Debian GNU/Linux | http://debian.org : :' : > > `. `'` > > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 47D8E5D4 `- > > -- Matthias Kaehlcke Linux System Developer Barcelona Don't walk behind me, I may not lead Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow Just walk beside me and be my friend (Albert Camus) .''`. using free software / Debian GNU/Linux | http://debian.org : :' : `. `'` gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 47D8E5D4 `- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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