linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] *** staging: wilc1000: Replace semaphores with mutexes or completions ***

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2016 20:18:04 +0530
From:	Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Johnny Kim <johnny.kim@...el.com>,
	Austin Shin <austin.shin@...el.com>,
	Chris Park <chris.park@...el.com>,
	Tony Cho <tony.cho@...el.com>, Glen Lee <glen.lee@...el.com>,
	Leo Kim <leo.kim@...el.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] *** staging: wilc1000: Replace semaphores with
 mutexes or completions ***

On 13 June 2016 at 19:59, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Monday, June 13, 2016 4:07:32 PM CEST Binoy Jayan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> These are a set of patches which removes semaphores from:
>>
>> drivers/staging/wilc1000
>>
>> These are part of a bigger effort to eliminate all semaphores
>> from the linux kernel.
>>
>> They build correctly (individually and as a whole).
>>
>> NB: The changes are untested
>>
>
> Most of these look really good, but I've commented on what I think
> should be done differently, most importantly using a work_queue
> rather than a completion to replace the semaphore in patch 6.
>
> Maybe you can resend the first five patches after addressing
> my comments so we can get those tested and queued already while
> you look into reworking patch 6. Let me know if that one ends up
> being more complicated than I thought so we can come up with
> a different approach.
>
>         Arnd

Thank you for reviewing the patches thoroughly. I overlooked the
problem with using
completion directly. Thank you for pointing that out. As you have
suggested, I'll rework
on the first 5 patches and work on the last one.

Binoy