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: Alan Cox --- drivers/parport/share.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6-tip/drivers/parport/share.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/drivers/parport/share.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/drivers/parport/share.c @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ struct parport *parport_register_port(un spin_lock_init(&tmp->pardevice_lock); tmp->ieee1284.mode = IEEE1284_MODE_COMPAT; tmp->ieee1284.phase = IEEE1284_PH_FWD_IDLE; - init_MUTEX_LOCKED (&tmp->ieee1284.irq); /* actually a semaphore at 0 */ + semaphore_init_locked(&tmp->ieee1284.irq); tmp->spintime = parport_default_spintime; atomic_set (&tmp->ref_count, 1); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->full_list); -- 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/