Re: [patch -mm 17/20] chardev: GPIO for SCx200 & PC-8736x: replace spinlocks w mutexes

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:38:17 -0600
Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> wrote:

> 17/20. patch.mutexes
> 
> Replace spinlocks guarding gpio config ops with mutexes.  This is a
> me-too patch, and is justifiable insofar as mutexes have stricter
> semantics and better debugging support, so are preferred where they
> are applicable.
> 

OK.  I trust this was all tester with all kernel debug options turned on?

Once it's in -mm you might hare to try out the lockdep checker too.


> -static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(scx200_gpio_config_lock);
> +DEFINE_MUTEX(scx200_gpio_config_lock);

But it doesn't need global scope.

> -static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pc8736x_gpio_config_lock);
> +DEFINE_MUTEX(pc8736x_gpio_config_lock);

Nor does this?

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