On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 09:51 +0800, Zhao Yakui wrote: > On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 11:16 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > > Instead of re-using semaphores for the mutex operation, I've > > added usage of the kernel mutex for the os mutex implementation. > > > What is the advantage that the kernel mutex is used for the ACPI mutex > implementation instead of using semaphore? > And it seems that too much ACPICA source code is touched. You get help from lockdep, and also our goal is to fully eradicate semaphore usage. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
