[PATCH 1/5] use mutex instead of semaphore in Megaraid Mailbox driver

[Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com>]

The Megaraid Mailbox driver uses a semaphore as mutex. Use the mutex
API instead of the (binary) semaphore.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com>

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diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/mega_common.h b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/mega_common.h
index 26e1e6c..fef9ac9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/mega_common.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/mega_common.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
index 04d0b69..2cecc64 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
@@ -3957,7 +3957,7 @@ megaraid_sysfs_alloc_resources(adapter_t *adapter)
 		megaraid_sysfs_free_resources(adapter);
 	}
 
-	sema_init(&raid_dev->sysfs_sem, 1);
+	mutex_init(&raid_dev->sysfs_mtx);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&raid_dev->sysfs_wait_q);
 
@@ -4058,7 +4058,7 @@ megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap(adapter_t *adapter)
 	/*
 	 * Allow only one read at a time to go through the sysfs attributes
 	 */
-	down(&raid_dev->sysfs_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&raid_dev->sysfs_mtx);
 
 	uioc	= raid_dev->sysfs_uioc;
 	mbox64	= raid_dev->sysfs_mbox64;
@@ -4134,7 +4134,7 @@ megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap(adapter_t *adapter)
 
 	del_timer_sync(timerp);
 
-	up(&raid_dev->sysfs_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&raid_dev->sysfs_mtx);
 
 	return rval;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.h b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.h
index 9de803c..626459d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ typedef struct {
  * @hw_error			: set if FW not responding
  * @fast_load			: If set, skip physical device scanning
  * @channel_class		: channel class, RAID or SCSI
- * @sysfs_sem			: semaphore to serialize access to sysfs res.
+ * @sysfs_mtx			: mutex to serialize access to sysfs res.
  * @sysfs_uioc			: management packet to issue FW calls from sysfs
  * @sysfs_mbox64		: mailbox packet to issue FW calls from sysfs
  * @sysfs_buffer		: data buffer for FW commands issued from sysfs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	int				hw_error;
 	int				fast_load;
 	uint8_t				channel_class;
-	struct semaphore		sysfs_sem;
+	struct mutex			sysfs_mtx;
 	uioc_t				*sysfs_uioc;
 	mbox64_t			*sysfs_mbox64;
 	caddr_t				sysfs_buffer;

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Matthias Kaehlcke
Linux Application Developer
Barcelona

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