linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] esas2r: Replace semaphores with mutexes

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a18y4d1-xQGgkZ+OWwXExO0Qp9Sr8_ZkUAgW2hfG2Y-Mg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Jun 2017 17:05:50 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rajendra <rnayak@...eaurora.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Bradley Grove <linuxdrivers@...otech.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] esas2r: Replace semaphores with mutexes

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org> wrote:
> These are a set of patches which removes semaphores from esas2r.
> These are part of a bigger effort to eliminate unwanted semaphores
> from the linux kernel.
>
> Binoy Jayan (2):
>   scsi: esas2r: Replace semaphore fm_api_semaphore with mutex
>   scsi: esas2r: Replace semaphore fs_api_semaphore with mutex

Both conversions looks good. I think the interruption is not handled
correctly here, but your patch doesn't change that.

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