From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes ***
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 09:52:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3942715.1nlD6bSRMQ@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1464843475-4870-1-git-send-email-binoy.jayan@linaro.org>
On Thursday, June 2, 2016 10:27:51 AM CEST Binoy Jayan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> These are a set of patches which removes semaphores from:
>
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u
>
> They build correctly (individually and as a whole).
> NB: I have not tested this as I do not have the following hardware:
>
> "RealTek RTL8192U Wireless LAN NIC driver"
>
>
Patches 1-3 look good,
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
I commented on patch 4, which is correct but I think it should be
done differently.
One more thing that might be helpful to note in the cover letter above
is that this is part of a bigger effort to eliminate all semaphores from
the kernel.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-02 7:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-02 4:57 Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 4:57 ` [PATCH 1/4] rtl8192u: r8192_priv: Replace semaphore wx_sem with mutex Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 4:57 ` [PATCH 2/4] rtl8192u: ieee80211_device: " Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 4:57 ` [PATCH 3/4] rtl8192u: Replace semaphore scan_sem " Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 4:57 ` [PATCH 4/4] rtl8192u: Replace semaphore rf_sem " Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 7:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-06-02 7:52 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2016-06-02 10:52 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes *** Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 10:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] rtl8192u: r8192_priv: Replace semaphore wx_sem with mutex Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 10:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] rtl8192u: ieee80211_device: " Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 10:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] rtl8192u: Replace semaphore scan_sem " Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 10:53 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] rtl8192u: Remove unused semaphore rf_sem Binoy Jayan
2016-06-02 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes *** Arnd Bergmann
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