linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ps3: vuart: fix error path locking

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Message-ID: <4760922C.2060908@am.sony.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:00:12 -0800
From:	Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@...sony.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
CC:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>, matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...mer.net,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, mingo@...e.hu, kjwinchester@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ps3: vuart: fix error path locking

> This stray down would cause a permanent sleep which doesn't seem correct. 
> The other uses of this semaphore appear fairly mutex like it's even initialized
> with init_MUTEX() ..  So here a patch for removing this one down().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/ps3/ps3-vuart.c |    1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)


Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@...sony.com>


Looks, good. 
Andrew, Please apply.

-Geoff 



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