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Re: [PATCH 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes ***

From Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes ***
Date 2016-06-02 10:00 +0200
Message-ID <rFvHR-35T-43@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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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

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[PATCH 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes *** Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 07:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes *** Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-06-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH v2 1/4] rtl8192u: r8192_priv: Replace semaphore wx_sem with mutex Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 13:00 +0200
  [PATCH v2 4/4] rtl8192u: Remove unused semaphore rf_sem Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 13:00 +0200
  [PATCH v2 2/4] rtl8192u: ieee80211_device: Replace semaphore wx_sem with mutex Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 13:00 +0200
  [PATCH v2 3/4] rtl8192u: Replace semaphore scan_sem with mutex Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 13:00 +0200
  [PATCH v2 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes *** Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 13:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] *** rtl8192u: Replace semaphores with mutexes *** Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-06-02 13:10 +0200

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