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use mutex instead of semaphore for misc char devices
authorMatthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com>
Tue, 8 May 2007 07:32:08 +0000 (00:32 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 8 May 2007 18:15:15 +0000 (11:15 -0700)
commit0e82d5b61841f2b9e2d31a4299ce09752c5d3288
treeb8d6009112eb44425fca70779f4bc2337e9df6catree | snapshot
parent6acc369a43ada9b829b3e1e4daef5c8a52a2d39acommit | diff
use mutex instead of semaphore for misc char devices

The misc character device driver uses a semaphore as mutex.  Use the mutex API
instead of the (binary) semaphore.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/misc.c diff | blob | history
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