Re: sema_init fail in 2.6

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On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 03:13:43AM +0700, Iwan Budi Kusnanto wrote:
> /**
>  * this code is compiled & working in 2.4 kernel.
>  * Compiled in 2.6 but fail in module initialization.
>  */
> static struct semaphore sem_fail;
> 
> static init __init my_module_init_fail(void)
> {
>         sema_init (&sem_fail, 1);
> }

I forgot to say that the intended way for you to do this in 2.6 is:

static DECLARE_MUTEX(sem_fail);

BTW, have you considered using a struct mutex instead of a struct
semaphore?

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