Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755497AbaDVJqT (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Apr 2014 05:46:19 -0400 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:39497 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754517AbaDVJqM (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Apr 2014 05:46:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:45:55 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Kumar Gaurav Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, lidza.louina@gmail.com, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging:dgap:dgap_tty.c: Upgraded driver to use Mutex instead of semaphore Message-ID: <20140422094555.GD26890@mwanda> References: <1397750132-21296-1-git-send-email-kumargauravgupta3@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1397750132-21296-1-git-send-email-kumargauravgupta3@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 09:25:32PM +0530, Kumar Gaurav wrote: > dgap driver uses semaphore for obtaining lock. I upgraded it to use MUTEX. > You are patching ancient code that doesn't exist. Work against linux-next. regards, dan carpenter -- 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/