Re: [patch 07/10] usb: gadgetfs: Convert semaphore to mutex

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Jan 29 2010 - 18:05:17 EST


On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Greg KH wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:48:36PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 08:38:59PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > > The semaphore data->lock is semantically a mutex. Convert it to a real
> > > > mutex.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Can you take that via your usb tree or do you want me to push it
> > linuswards for .34 ?
>
> I tried to do this last time the patches were posted, but the core mutex
> changes were not in Linus's tree yet, so I could not as it broke my
> build.
>
> Has this changed? If so, I would be glad to do so. If not, I can't :(

The two patches have no dependencies on anything else. They just
convert to the existing mutex infrastructure.

Thanks,

tglx
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