The patch titled PPP synchronous tty: convert dead_sem to completion has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ppp-synchronous-tty-convert-dead_sem-to-completion.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: PPP synchronous tty: convert dead_sem to completion From: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@xxxxxxxxx> PPP synchronous tty channel driver: convert the semaphore dead_sem to a completion Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c~ppp-synchronous-tty-convert-dead_sem-to-completion drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c --- a/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c~ppp-synchronous-tty-convert-dead_sem-to-completion +++ a/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ #include <linux/if_ppp.h> #include <linux/ppp_channel.h> #include <linux/spinlock.h> +#include <linux/completion.h> #include <linux/init.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> -#include <asm/semaphore.h> #define PPP_VERSION "2.4.2" @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct syncppp { struct tasklet_struct tsk; atomic_t refcnt; - struct semaphore dead_sem; + struct completion dead_cmp; struct ppp_channel chan; /* interface to generic ppp layer */ }; @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static struct syncppp *sp_get(struct tty static void sp_put(struct syncppp *ap) { if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ap->refcnt)) - up(&ap->dead_sem); + complete(&ap->dead_cmp); } /* @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ ppp_sync_open(struct tty_struct *tty) tasklet_init(&ap->tsk, ppp_sync_process, (unsigned long) ap); atomic_set(&ap->refcnt, 1); - init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&ap->dead_sem); + init_completion(&ap->dead_cmp); ap->chan.private = ap; ap->chan.ops = &sync_ops; @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ ppp_sync_close(struct tty_struct *tty) * by the time it returns. */ if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&ap->refcnt)) - down(&ap->dead_sem); + wait_for_completion(&ap->dead_cmp); tasklet_kill(&ap->tsk); ppp_unregister_channel(&ap->chan); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from matthias.kaehlcke@xxxxxxxxx are acpi_pci_irq_find_prt_entry-use-list_for_each_entry-instead-of-list_for_each.patch git-dvb.patch git-infiniband.patch ppp-synchronous-tty-convert-dead_sem-to-completion.patch git-netdev-all.patch plip-driver-convert-killed_timer_sem-to-completion.patch git-scsi-misc.patch edgeport-usb-serial-converter-convert-es_sem-to-mutex.patch usb-testing-driver-convert-dev-sem-to-mutex.patch usb-testing-driver-dont-free-a-locked-mutex.patch parallel-port-convert-port_mutex-to-the-mutex-api.patch parallel-port-convert-port_mutex-to-the-mutex-api-checkpatch-fixes.patch mbcs-convert-algolock-to-mutex.patch mbcs-convert-dmawritelock-to-mutex.patch mbcs-convert-dmareadlock-to-mutex.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