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Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: Replace semaphore async_sem with mutex

From Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: Replace semaphore async_sem with mutex
Date 2017-06-08 17:00 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> wrote:
> The semaphore 'async_sem' is used as a simple mutex, so
> it should be written as one. Semaphores are going away in the future.
>
> Signed-off-by: Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org>
> ---
>
> This patch is part of a bigger effort to eliminate unwanted
> semaphores from the linux kernel.

Looks good,

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

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[PATCH] mwifiex: Replace semaphore async_sem with mutex Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org> - 2017-06-08 12:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: Replace semaphore async_sem with mutex Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-06-08 17:00 +0200
  Re: mwifiex: Replace semaphore async_sem with mutex Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2017-06-13 09:10 +0200

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