Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757497AbXLMBVX (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:21:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752317AbXLMBVP (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:21:15 -0500 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([63.81.120.158]:61776 "EHLO gateway-1237.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752062AbXLMBVO (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:21:14 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: wireless: bcm43xx: big_buffer_sem semaphore to mutex From: Daniel Walker To: Michael Buesch Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@bohmer.net, jonathan@jonmasters.org, matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com, kjwinchester@gmail.com, mbuesch@freenet.de In-Reply-To: <200712130148.22727.mb@bu3sch.de> References: <20071213003028.676998182@mvista.com> <20071213003032.547362071@mvista.com> <200712130148.22727.mb@bu3sch.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:20:00 -0800 Message-Id: <1197508801.22951.40.camel@imap.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: 1360 Lines: 34 On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 01:48 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Wednesday 12 December 2007 09:00:03 Daniel Walker wrote: > > > > Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker > > > > --- > > drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_debugfs.c | 30 ++++++++++++------------- > > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > > > Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_debugfs.c > > =================================================================== > > --- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_debugfs.c > > +++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_debugfs.c > > @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ > > > > static struct bcm43xx_debugfs fs; > > static char really_big_buffer[REALLY_BIG_BUFFER_SIZE]; > > -static DECLARE_MUTEX(big_buffer_sem); > > +static DEFINE_MUTEX(big_buffer_mutex); > > This driver is scheduled for removal, so I'd not touch it anymore > to avoid the possibility to introduce a lastminute regression. > The new drivers (b43 and b43legacy) have this fixed (in a different > way by completely removing it). When is the removal scheduled? 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/