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use mutex instead of semaphore in several drivers

Matthias Kaehlcke linux-scsi linux-wireless lkml 1 version In review

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  1. v1 Latest5 patches 18 repliesIn review

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#Subject and filesSizeRepliesApplied
1/5Use mutex instead of semaphore in the Host AP driverdrivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h+2 -111 replies
2/5Use mutex instead of semaphore in the OnStream SCSI Tape driverdrivers/scsi/osst.c drivers/scsi/osst.h+10 -91 reply
3/5Use mutex instead of semaphore in the SCSI Tape driverdrivers/scsi/st.c drivers/scsi/st.h+10 -92 replies
4/5Use mutex instead of semaphore in ISDN subsystem common functionsdrivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c include/linux/isdn.h+15 -143 replies
5/5Use mutex instead of semaphore in the DVB frontend tuning interfacedrivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.h+7 -61 reply

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All 5 patches have a Reviewed-by or Acked-by.

PatchSatyam SharmaKarsten Keil
1/5R-b
2/5R-b
3/5R-b
4/5R-b A-b
5/5R-b

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Cover letter [PATCH 0/5] use mutex instead of semaphore in several drivers

This patchset converts semaphores that are used as mutexes to the mutex API in the following drivers/code:

Host AP driver
OnStream SCSI Tape driver
SCSI Tape driver
ISDN subsystem common functions
DVB frontend tuning interface

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