The usage of this "mutex" is non obvious and probably a completion in some places. Make it a semaphore. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Dmitry Torokhov --- drivers/input/serio/hp_sdc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6-tip/drivers/input/serio/hp_sdc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/drivers/input/serio/hp_sdc.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/drivers/input/serio/hp_sdc.c @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ static int __init hp_sdc_register(void) return hp_sdc.dev_err; } - init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&tq_init_sem); + semaphore_init(&tq_init_sem); tq_init.actidx = 0; tq_init.idx = 1; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/