Semaphores used as mutexes have been deprecated for years. Now that all users are either converted to real semaphores or to mutexes remove the cruft. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- include/linux/semaphore.h | 6 ------ scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++------ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/semaphore.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/semaphore.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/semaphore.h @@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ struct semaphore { #define DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(name) \ struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, 1) -#define DECLARE_MUTEX(name) \ - struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, 1) - static inline void sema_init(struct semaphore *sem, int val) { static struct lock_class_key __key; @@ -39,9 +36,6 @@ static inline void sema_init(struct sema lockdep_init_map(&sem->lock.dep_map, "semaphore->lock", &__key, 0); } -#define init_MUTEX(sem) sema_init(sem, 1) -#define init_MUTEX_LOCKED(sem) sema_init(sem, 0) - extern void down(struct semaphore *sem); extern int __must_check down_interruptible(struct semaphore *sem); extern int __must_check down_killable(struct semaphore *sem); Index: linux-2.6/scripts/checkpatch.pl =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ linux-2.6/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2701,12 +2701,8 @@ sub process { WARN("__func__ should be used instead of gcc specific __FUNCTION__\n" . $herecurr); } -# check for semaphores used as mutexes - if ($line =~ /^.\s*(DECLARE_MUTEX|init_MUTEX)\s*\(/) { - WARN("mutexes are preferred for single holder semaphores\n" . $herecurr); - } -# check for semaphores used as mutexes - if ($line =~ /^.\s*init_MUTEX_LOCKED\s*\(/) { +# check for semaphores initialized locked + if ($line =~ /^.\s*sema_init.+,\W?0\W?\)/) { WARN("consider using a completion\n" . $herecurr); } -- 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/