Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754570AbXLFUZ1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:25:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752560AbXLFUZP (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:25:15 -0500 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([63.81.120.158]:37070 "EHLO gateway-1237.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752129AbXLFUZO (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:25:14 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] printer port driver: semaphore to mutex From: Daniel Walker To: Remy Bohmer Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3efb10970712061201l343ad865mae920c3e6d43bfd9@mail.gmail.com> References: <20071206021857.826386004@mvista.com> <20071206021909.131993721@mvista.com> <20071206102334.GE17299@elte.hu> <1196958847.1568.98.camel@jnielson-xp.ddns.mvista.com> <3efb10970712061201l343ad865mae920c3e6d43bfd9@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:12:25 -0800 Message-Id: <1196971945.1568.107.camel@jnielson-xp.ddns.mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.3 (2.10.3-4.fc7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 637 Lines: 18 On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 21:01 +0100, Remy Bohmer wrote: > Daniel, > > FYI: I am working on the conversion of the 2 sem->mutex in kernel/printk.c I looked at the console_sem , but i was going to leave that as last.. The problem with the console_sem is that it can get locked from interrupt context, which is discouraged with mutex types.. I think it will be complicated to convert.. Daniel -- 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/