linux-kernel - Re: [patch 05/10] cifs: convert semaphore to mutex

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:08:57 -0600
From:	Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 05/10] cifs: convert semaphore to mutex

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote on 01/29/2010 04:29:05 PM:

> Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> 01/29/2010 04:29 PM
>
> To
>
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>
> cc
>
> LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Christoph Hellwig
> <hch@...radead.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo
> Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>, Steven
> French/Austin/IBM@...US
>
> Subject
>
> Re: [patch 05/10] cifs: convert semaphore to mutex
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 08:38:50PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > pSesInfo->sesSem is used as mutex. Rename it to session_mutex and
> > convert it to a real mutex.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Steve French <sfrench@...ibm.com>
>
> Looks good, but I'm pretty sure I've seen an equivalent patch on the
> linux-cifs-client list before.
>
>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Jeff and I acked the cifs part of the patch series in July - not sure
why the series didn't go in.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124859649902788&w=2 looks like the
original post

-- 
Thanks,

Steve
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