Hi, The following patch converts the two 3W driver to using mutexes instead of semaphores. Cheers, Jes Convert a the 3w-9xxx.c and 3w-xxxx.c drivers to use mutexes instead of semaphores. Untested, but compiles and looks obviously correct. Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx> ---- drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c | 7 ++++--- drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.h | 2 +- drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c | 7 ++++--- drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.h | 2 +- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ #include <linux/delay.h> #include <linux/pci.h> #include <linux/time.h> +#include <linux/mutex.h> #include <asm/io.h> #include <asm/irq.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -615,7 +616,7 @@ void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg; /* Only let one of these through at a time */ - if (down_interruptible(&tw_dev->ioctl_sem)) { + if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&tw_dev->ioctl_lock)) { retval = TW_IOCTL_ERROR_OS_EINTR; goto out; } @@ -852,7 +853,7 @@ /* Now free ioctl buf memory */ dma_free_coherent(&tw_dev->tw_pci_dev->dev, data_buffer_length_adjusted+sizeof(TW_Ioctl_Buf_Apache) - 1, cpu_addr, dma_handle); out2: - up(&tw_dev->ioctl_sem); + mutex_unlock(&tw_dev->ioctl_lock); out: return retval; } /* End twa_chrdev_ioctl() */ @@ -1182,7 +1183,7 @@ tw_dev->error_sequence_id = 1; tw_dev->chrdev_request_id = TW_IOCTL_CHRDEV_FREE; - init_MUTEX(&tw_dev->ioctl_sem); + mutex_init(&tw_dev->ioctl_lock); init_waitqueue_head(&tw_dev->ioctl_wqueue); retval = 0; Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.h +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.h @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ u32 ioctl_msec; int chrdev_request_id; wait_queue_head_t ioctl_wqueue; - struct semaphore ioctl_sem; + struct mutex ioctl_lock; char aen_clobber; unsigned short working_srl; unsigned short working_branch; Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c @@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ #include <linux/delay.h> #include <linux/pci.h> #include <linux/time.h> +#include <linux/mutex.h> #include <asm/io.h> #include <asm/irq.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -888,7 +889,7 @@ dprintk(KERN_WARNING "3w-xxxx: tw_chrdev_ioctl()\n"); /* Only let one of these through at a time */ - if (down_interruptible(&tw_dev->ioctl_sem)) + if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&tw_dev->ioctl_lock)) return -EINTR; /* First copy down the buffer length */ @@ -1029,7 +1030,7 @@ /* Now free ioctl buf memory */ dma_free_coherent(&tw_dev->tw_pci_dev->dev, data_buffer_length_adjusted+sizeof(TW_New_Ioctl) - 1, cpu_addr, dma_handle); out: - up(&tw_dev->ioctl_sem); + mutex_unlock(&tw_dev->ioctl_lock); return retval; } /* End tw_chrdev_ioctl() */ @@ -1270,7 +1271,7 @@ tw_dev->pending_tail = TW_Q_START; tw_dev->chrdev_request_id = TW_IOCTL_CHRDEV_FREE; - init_MUTEX(&tw_dev->ioctl_sem); + mutex_init(&tw_dev->ioctl_lock); init_waitqueue_head(&tw_dev->ioctl_wqueue); return 0; Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.h +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.h @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ u32 max_sector_count; u32 aen_count; struct Scsi_Host *host; - struct semaphore ioctl_sem; + struct mutex ioctl_lock; unsigned short aen_queue[TW_Q_LENGTH]; unsigned char aen_head; unsigned char aen_tail; - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html