Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754012AbXLGHlV (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 02:41:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752147AbXLGHlF (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 02:41:05 -0500 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([204.13.164.18]:43021 "EHLO mx1.riseup.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751947AbXLGHlB (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 02:41:01 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 08:40:52 +0100 From: Matthias Kaehlcke To: Remy Bohmer Cc: Daniel Walker , Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jonathan@jonmasters.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] printer port driver: semaphore to mutex Message-ID: <20071207074052.GF480@traven> Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Kaehlcke , Remy Bohmer , Daniel Walker , Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 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> <20071206200542.GE480@traven> <3efb10970712061212i7198f53eo5a8d8774465b3dde@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3efb10970712061212i7198f53eo5a8d8774465b3dde@mail.gmail.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: 2608 Lines: 62 El Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 09:12:05PM +0100 Remy Bohmer ha dit: > Which do you have exactly on your list? (good to know, it prevents > double work...) it isn't really an elaborated list, until now i greped for certain semaphore usages, had a look at the code and converted it if necessary. at the moment i'm having a look at usb drivers. > 2007/12/6, Matthias Kaehlcke : > > 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 > > > > > > 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 `- > > -- Matthias Kaehlcke Linux System Developer Barcelona Don't walk behind me, I may not lead Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow Just walk beside me and be my friend (Albert Camus) .''`. 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/