linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] *** staging: wilc1000: Replace semaphores ***

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:32:52 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
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>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] *** staging: wilc1000: Replace semaphores ***

On Thursday, June 23, 2016 11:11:49 AM CEST Binoy Jayan wrote:
> 
> Thank you Arnd for patiently reviewing this patch series multiple times and
> apologies to everyone for spamming you inboxes with a patch (v3) that does
> not even build. It was due to an uncommited change in my git repo before
> generating the patch. It is corrected in v4.
> 
> This patchset [v4] is part of the second patch series for 'wilc1000'.
> The original patch series consisted 7 patches of which only the first 5
> are good. The patch 6 and 7 are being worked on in this series
> in a different way.
> 
> This patch series removes the semaphore 'sem' in 'wilc1000' and also
> restructures the implementation of kthread / message_queue logic with
> a create_singlethread_workqueue() / queue_work() setup.
> 
> 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

Very nice work!

Whole series
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

	ARnd