Messages in this thread | | | From | "Sell, Timothy C" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visorbus: Replace semaphore with mutex | Date | Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:18:12 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Binoy Jayan [mailto:binoy.jayan@linaro.org] > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 1:07 AM > To: Kershner, David A; Greg Kroah-Hartman > Cc: Arnd Bergmann; *S-Par-Maintainer; devel@driverdev.osuosl.org; linux- > kernel@vger.kernel.org; Binoy Jayan > Subject: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visorbus: Replace semaphore with mutex > > The semaphore 'visordriver_callback_lock' is a simple mutex, so > it should be written as one. Semaphores are going away in the future. > Thanks Binoy, but we already submitted a patch for this issue on June 11, and are currently awaiting its acceptance into staging. See: * [PATCH RESEND 12/28] staging: unisys: visorbus: Make visordriver_callback_lock a mutex (http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/pipermail/driverdev-devel/2016-June/090861.html) * [PATCH RESEND 00/28] staging: unisys: fix visorbus & visorinput issues raised by tglx (http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/pipermail/driverdev-devel/2016-June/090854.html)
Tim Sell
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