Re: [PATCH] Real-Time Preemption V0.7.52-07: rt_init_MUTEX_LOCKED declaration

[Luca Falavigna]

> Ingo purposely put this in to crash
> the compile so that we know where this can be a problem right away.
And it works nice ;)

> The patch you wanted to send was:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Index: linux_realtime_ernie/drivers/char/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux_realtime_ernie/drivers/char/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c        (revision 265)
> +++ linux_realtime_ernie/drivers/char/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c        (working copy)
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
>  /* some device data */
> 
>  static struct {
> -       struct semaphore stop;
> +       struct compat_semaphore stop;
>         volatile int running;
>         struct timer_list timer;
>         volatile int queue;

Another solution could be this (as shown in drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c):
-	init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&policy->lock);
+	init_MUTEX(&policy->lock);
+	down(&policy->lock);
-
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