The patch titled mcheck mce_64: mce_read_sem to mutex has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mcheck-mce_64-mce_read_sem-to-mutex.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: mcheck mce_64: mce_read_sem to mutex From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> Converted to a mutex, and changed the name to mce_read_mutex. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c~mcheck-mce_64-mce_read_sem-to-mutex arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c~mcheck-mce_64-mce_read_sem-to-mutex +++ a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static ssize_t mce_read(struct file *fil loff_t *off) { unsigned long *cpu_tsc; - static DECLARE_MUTEX(mce_read_sem); + static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_read_mutex); unsigned next; char __user *buf = ubuf; int i, err; @@ -573,12 +573,12 @@ static ssize_t mce_read(struct file *fil if (!cpu_tsc) return -ENOMEM; - down(&mce_read_sem); + mutex_lock(&mce_read_mutex); next = rcu_dereference(mcelog.next); /* Only supports full reads right now */ if (*off != 0 || usize < MCE_LOG_LEN*sizeof(struct mce)) { - up(&mce_read_sem); + mutex_unlock(&mce_read_mutex); kfree(cpu_tsc); return -EINVAL; } @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static ssize_t mce_read(struct file *fil memset(&mcelog.entry[i], 0, sizeof(struct mce)); } } - up(&mce_read_sem); + mutex_unlock(&mce_read_mutex); kfree(cpu_tsc); return err ? -EFAULT : buf - ubuf; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx are git-dvb.patch usb-testing-driver-dont-free-a-locked-mutex.patch git-x86.patch 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 docs-kernel-locking-convert-semaphore-references.patch stopmachine-semaphore-to-mutex.patch stopmachine-semaphore-to-mutex-fix.patch amiga-serial-driver-port_write_mutex-fixup.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