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: David Miller --- drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6-tip/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int sixpack_open(struct tty_struc spin_lock_init(&sp->lock); atomic_set(&sp->refcnt, 1); - init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&sp->dead_sem); + semaphore_init_locked(&sp->dead_sem); /* !!! length of the buffers. MTU is IP MTU, not PACLEN! */ -- 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/