linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] scsi: smartpqi: Replace semaphore sync_request

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Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:39:27 +0530
From:   Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        kevin Barnett <kevin.barnett@...rosemi.com>,
        Don Brace <don.brace@...rosemi.com>,
        Scott Benesh <scott.benesh@...rosemi.com>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] scsi: smartpqi: Replace semaphore sync_request_sem
 with mutex

On 20 October 2016 at 14:40, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:24:01 PM CEST Binoy Jayan wrote:
>> -       sema_init(&ctrl_info->sync_request_sem,
>> -               PQI_RESERVED_IO_SLOTS_SYNCHRONOUS_REQUESTS);
>> +       mutex_init(&ctrl_info->sync_request_mutex);
>>
>
> Looking at this again, I see that PQI_RESERVED_IO_SLOTS_SYNCHRONOUS_REQUESTS
> is '3', so this is in fact a counting semaphore rather than a mutex,
> and the conversion is changing the behavior.
>
> The patch can't go in unless you either show that it should be
> a normal mutex rather than a counting semaphore, or you find a way
> to keep the behavior the same.

This still holds true, will try changing this accordingly.

-Binoy