linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: quatech_usb2: Convert eos semaphore to mutex

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Message-Id: <201005152355.54762.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Sat, 15 May 2010 23:55:54 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>
Cc:	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
	Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@...ginia.edu>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <martinez.javier@...il.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: quatech_usb2: Convert eos semaphore to mutex

Am Samstag, 15. Mai 2010 23:40:02 schrieb Alessio Igor Bogani:
> The eos semaphore is used as a mutex so replace it with a real mutex.

Documentation/mutex-design.txt states that a mutex must not be used
from within an interrupt handler. Is this outdated?

	Regards
		Oliver
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