Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755332AbXLFUFd (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:05:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752219AbXLFUFX (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:05:23 -0500 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([204.13.164.18]:54654 "EHLO mx1.riseup.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751697AbXLFUFV (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:05:21 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 21:05:42 +0100 From: Matthias Kaehlcke To: Daniel Walker Cc: Ingo Molnar , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@bohmer.net, jonathan@jonmasters.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] printer port driver: semaphore to mutex Message-ID: <20071206200542.GE480@traven> Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Kaehlcke , Daniel Walker , Ingo Molnar , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@bohmer.net, jonathan@jonmasters.org References: <20071206021857.826386004@mvista.com> <20071206021909.131993721@mvista.com> <20071206102334.GE17299@elte.hu> <1196958847.1568.98.camel@jnielson-xp.ddns.mvista.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1196958847.1568.98.camel@jnielson-xp.ddns.mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1604 Lines: 41 El Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 08:34:06AM -0800 Daniel Walker ha dit: > On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 11:23 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Daniel Walker wrote: > > > > > The port_mutex is actually a semaphore, so easily converted to a > > > struct mutex. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker > > > > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar > > > > cool. How far away are we from being able to remove all the semaphore > > code? :-) > > I wish my 7 patches made a dent, but it's hasn't done much. ;( > > I would guess at least a week just to mop up the relatively easy ones.. > I've got 12 in my queue, and there still ~50 hopefully trivial ones > still to be looked at.. Then another ~30 more difficult ones (that use > init_MUTEX_LOCKED, or sema_init with 0 instead of 1) .. I've also more patches of this type on my list, though i work in a slower pace -- Matthias Kaehlcke Linux Application Developer Barcelona You must have a plan. If you don't have a plan, you'll become part of somebody else's plan .''`. using free software / Debian GNU/Linux | http://debian.org : :' : `. `'` gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 47D8E5D4 `- -- 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/