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Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] *** rtl8712: Replace semaphores with mutex / completions ***

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On Thursday, June 2, 2016 9:54:06 AM CEST Binoy Jayan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> These are a set of patches [v2] which removes semaphores from:
> 
> drivers/staging/rtl8712
> 
> They build correctly (individually and as a whole).
> NB: I have not tested this as I do not have the following hardware:
> 
> "RealTek RTL8712U (RTL8192SU) Wireless LAN NIC driver"
> 
> Rework on comments w.r.t. PATCH v1:
> 
>  - Removed wrapper functions _wait_completion, _down_sema and _enter_pwrlock
>  - Updated changelog to explain use of mutex_lock instead of
>    mutex_lock_interruptible in [PATCH v2 4/4]
> 

All four look great now,

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

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[PATCH v2 0/4] *** rtl8712: Replace semaphores with mutex / completions *** Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 06:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 4/4] rtl8712: pwrctrl_priv: Replace semaphore lock with mutex Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 06:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 2/4] rtl8712: Replace semaphore terminate_cmdthread_sema with completion Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2016-06-02 06:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] *** rtl8712: Replace semaphores with mutex / completions *** Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-06-02 09:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] *** rtl8712: Replace semaphores with mutex /  completions *** Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> - 2016-06-02 17:20 +0200

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