From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/30] semaphore cleanup
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:38:33 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1009071736100.2477@localhost6.localdomain6> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201009071727.55023.arnd@arndb.de>
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 September 2010, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > init_MUTEX[_LOCKED] and DECLARE_MUTEX are deprecated for quite some
> > time. Cleanup the remaining users and remove the cruft.
>
> How many of these really need to be semaphores and can't be converted
> to mutex or completion? I thought that we wanted to send the classic
> semaphore the same way as the BKL eventually.
Some of those can be converted to completions, but most of them have
utterly borked semantics. I'm not sure if its worth the trouble to
actually change all this as most of that stuff is ancient. Real
semaphores are not going away (at least not the counting type ones).
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-07 15:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-07 14:31 Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:31 ` [patch 01/30] semaphore: Add DEFINE_SEMAPHORE Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:31 ` [patch 02/30] input: misc/hp_sdc_rtc: semaphore cleanup Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-08 15:37 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-10-12 15:49 ` [tip:core/locking] input: Misc/hp_sdc_rtc: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 03/30] input: serio/hil_mlc: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-12 15:49 ` [tip:core/locking] input: Serio/hil_mlc: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 04/30] input: serio/hp_sdc: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-12 15:49 ` [tip:core/locking] input: Serio/hp_sdc: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 05/30] net: 3c527: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 16:28 ` David Miller
2010-10-12 15:50 ` [tip:core/locking] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 06/30] hamradio: 6pack: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 16:28 ` David Miller
2010-10-12 15:50 ` [tip:core/locking] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 07/30] hamradio: mkiss: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 16:28 ` David Miller
2010-10-12 15:50 ` [tip:core/locking] hamradio: Mkiss: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 08/30] net: ppp_async: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 16:28 ` David Miller
2010-10-12 15:51 ` [tip:core/locking] net: Ppp_async: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 09/30] net: wan/cosa.c: Convert "mutex" to semaphore Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 16:29 ` David Miller
2010-10-12 15:51 ` [tip:core/locking] net: Wan/cosa.c: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 10/30] irda: semaphore cleanup Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 16:29 ` David Miller
2010-10-12 15:51 ` [tip:core/locking] irda: Semaphore cleanup tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 11/30] parport: semaphore cleanup Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-12 15:52 ` [tip:core/locking] parport: Semaphore cleanup tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 12/30] ibmphp-hpc: semaphore cleanup Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-09 20:42 ` Jesse Barnes
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 13/30] usb: ftdi-elan: Convert "mutex" to semaphore Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 14/30] scsi: aacraid semaphore cleanup Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 15/30] smbfs: Convert server->sem to mutex Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-10 12:46 ` Jeff Layton
2010-09-07 14:32 ` [patch 16/30] hpfs: Convert sbi->hpfs_creation_de " Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-30 8:16 ` [tip:core/locking] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 17/30] hpfsplus: Convert tree_lock " Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 18/30] hfs: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-12 15:53 ` [tip:core/locking] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 19/30] affs: use sema_init instead of init_MUTEX Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-12 15:54 ` [tip:core/locking] affs: Use " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 20/30] xfs: semaphore cleanup Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 21/30] mmc: Convert "mutex" to semaphore Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-14 12:47 ` Chris Ball
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 22/30] dvb: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 23/30] infiniband: Make user_mad semaphore a real one Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-29 3:53 ` Roland Dreier
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 24/30] ia64: salinfo: sema_init instead of init_MUTEX Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 25/30] drivers/macintosh/adb: Do not claim that the semaphore is a mutex Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-12 15:52 ` [tip:core/locking] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 26/30] printk: Make console_sem a semaphore not a pseudo mutex Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-12 15:53 ` [tip:core/locking] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 27/30] staging: Bulk convert the semaphore mess Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-08 2:30 ` Greg KH
2010-09-08 8:59 ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-08 9:11 ` Greg KH
2010-09-13 18:45 ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-08 2:35 ` Greg KH
2010-10-30 10:16 ` [tip:core/locking] staging: Final semaphore cleanup tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 28/30] arm: bcmring: " Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-12 15:53 ` [tip:core/locking] arm: Bcmring: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 14:33 ` [patch 29/30] hwmon: s3c-hwmon: Use a real mutex Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-08 13:39 ` Jean Delvare
2010-09-07 14:34 ` [patch 30/30] semaphore: Remove mutex emulation Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-30 10:16 ` [tip:core/locking] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 15:27 ` [patch 00/30] semaphore cleanup Arnd Bergmann
2010-09-07 15:38 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2010-09-07 17:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-09-07 20:23 ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-07 20:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
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