Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] Use mutex instead of semaphore in driver core
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Cc: gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 09:52 +0800, Dave Young wrote:

> Hm, actually it's not so hard, but If I resend the 12 patches seems
> like spam to lkml :-).
> 
> Of cource, if you all don't mind and it is really needed, I will do that.

As it stands now I'm quite convinced these patches will make lockdep
scream bloody murder, so these patches would need quite some more work
before they're usable.

> >
> > Also, I don't think your series is bisectable, ie. 1/12 changes
> > device::sem -> device::mutex, and 12/12 changes a user of it.
> 
> Sorry, I don't use git tools now. Could you tell me how to fix it?
> thanks in advance.

Just ensure that the kernel builds after each applied patch. If you're
using quilt, something like:

while (quilt push && make)

should finish the whole series.


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