The patch titled drivers/char/tty_io.c: remove pty_sem has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-char-tty_ioc-remove-pty_sem.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: drivers/char/tty_io.c: remove pty_sem From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> I couldn't find any users, so removing it.. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/tty_io.c | 1 - include/linux/tty.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/tty_io.c~drivers-char-tty_ioc-remove-pty_sem drivers/char/tty_io.c --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c~drivers-char-tty_ioc-remove-pty_sem +++ a/drivers/char/tty_io.c @@ -3721,7 +3721,6 @@ static void initialize_tty_struct(struct tty->buf.head = tty->buf.tail = NULL; tty_buffer_init(tty); INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tty->buf.work, flush_to_ldisc); - init_MUTEX(&tty->buf.pty_sem); mutex_init(&tty->termios_mutex); init_waitqueue_head(&tty->write_wait); init_waitqueue_head(&tty->read_wait); diff -puN include/linux/tty.h~drivers-char-tty_ioc-remove-pty_sem include/linux/tty.h --- a/include/linux/tty.h~drivers-char-tty_ioc-remove-pty_sem +++ a/include/linux/tty.h @@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ struct tty_buffer { struct tty_bufhead { struct delayed_work work; - struct semaphore pty_sem; spinlock_t lock; struct tty_buffer *head; /* Queue head */ struct tty_buffer *tail; /* Active buffer */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx are drivers-char-tty_ioc-remove-pty_sem.patch drivers-isdn-i4l-isdn_ttyc-remove-write_sem.patch unix98-allocated_ptys_lock-semaphore-to-mutex.patch isapnp-driver-semaphore-to-mutex.patch isapnp-driver-semaphore-to-mutex-fix.patch isapnp-driver-semaphore-to-mutex-fix-fix.patch profile-likely-unlikely-macros.patch profile-likely-unlikely-macros-fix.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html