linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [keys] Use mutex instead of rw_semaphore for __key

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Message-ID: <2320.1208168593@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:23:13 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Arun Raghavan <arunsr@....iitk.ac.in>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	satyam@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [keys] Use mutex instead of rw_semaphore for __key_link() serialisation

Arun Raghavan <arunsr@....iitk.ac.in> wrote:

> __key_link() uses an rw_semaphore as a mutex to serialise link/link calls. 
> This patch converts it to explicitly use a struct mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arun Raghavan <arunsr@....iitk.ac.in>
> Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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