Re: [PATCH] use spinlock instead of binary mutex in CDU-31A driver

El Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 01:25:58AM +0200 Andi Kleen ha dit: > Matthias Kaehlcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > -static DECLARE_MUTEX(sony_sem);/* Semaphore for drive hardware > > access */ > > +static DEFINE_MUTEX(sony_mtx); /* Mutex for drive hardware > > access */ >

Re: [PATCH] use spinlock instead of binary mutex in CDU-31A driver

Matthias Kaehlcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -static DECLARE_MUTEX(sony_sem); /* Semaphore for drive hardware > access */ > +static DEFINE_MUTEX(sony_mtx); /* Mutex for drive hardware > access */ That's not a spinlock. Also normally some rationale is added to the