From: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
To: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Cc: mikael.starvik@axis.com, dev-etrax@axis.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/cris: Use mutex_unlock rather than spin_unlock
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:08:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080306180804.GJ27716@axis.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0803061823370.1669@pc-041.diku.dk>
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 06:24:05PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>
> It looks at least odd to apply spin_unlock to a mutex.
>
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @def@
> declarer DEFINE_MUTEX;
> identifier m;
> @@
>
> DEFINE_MUTEX(m);
>
> @@
> identifier def.m;
> @@
>
> (
> - spin_lock(&m)
> + mutex_lock(&m)
> |
> - spin_unlock(&m)
> + mutex_unlock(&m)
> )
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>
> ---
> arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c | 2 +-
> arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff -u -p a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c
> --- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c 2008-02-10 22:34:04.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c 2008-03-05 22:06:18.000000000 +0100
> @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int pcf8563_ioctl(struct inode *inode, s
>
> if (copy_to_user((struct rtc_time *) arg, &tm,
> sizeof tm)) {
> - spin_unlock(&rtc_lock);
> + mutex_unlock(&rtc_lock);
> return -EFAULT;
> }
>
> diff -u -p a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c
> --- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c 2008-02-10 22:34:04.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c 2008-03-05 22:06:18.000000000 +0100
> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int pcf8563_ioctl(struct inode *inode, s
>
> if (copy_to_user((struct rtc_time *) arg, &tm,
> sizeof tm)) {
> - spin_unlock(&rtc_lock);
> + mutex_unlock(&rtc_lock);
> return -EFAULT;
> }
>
Quite correct, I'll add it to my queue.
Thanks,
/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
--
Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nilsson@axis.com
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
To: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Cc: mikael.starvik@axis.com, dev-etrax@axis.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/cris: Use mutex_unlock rather than spin_unlock
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:08:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080306180804.GJ27716@axis.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0803061823370.1669@pc-041.diku.dk>
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 06:24:05PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>
> It looks at least odd to apply spin_unlock to a mutex.
>
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @def@
> declarer DEFINE_MUTEX;
> identifier m;
> @@
>
> DEFINE_MUTEX(m);
>
> @@
> identifier def.m;
> @@
>
> (
> - spin_lock(&m)
> + mutex_lock(&m)
> |
> - spin_unlock(&m)
> + mutex_unlock(&m)
> )
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>
> ---
> arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c | 2 +-
> arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff -u -p a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c
> --- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c 2008-02-10 22:34:04.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c 2008-03-05 22:06:18.000000000 +0100
> @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int pcf8563_ioctl(struct inode *inode, s
>
> if (copy_to_user((struct rtc_time *) arg, &tm,
> sizeof tm)) {
> - spin_unlock(&rtc_lock);
> + mutex_unlock(&rtc_lock);
> return -EFAULT;
> }
>
> diff -u -p a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c
> --- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c 2008-02-10 22:34:04.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c 2008-03-05 22:06:18.000000000 +0100
> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int pcf8563_ioctl(struct inode *inode, s
>
> if (copy_to_user((struct rtc_time *) arg, &tm,
> sizeof tm)) {
> - spin_unlock(&rtc_lock);
> + mutex_unlock(&rtc_lock);
> return -EFAULT;
> }
>
Quite correct, I'll add it to my queue.
Thanks,
/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
--
Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nilsson@axis.com
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2008-03-06 17:24 [PATCH] arch/cris: Use mutex_unlock rather than spin_unlock Julia Lawall
2008-03-06 17:24 ` Julia Lawall
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2008-03-06 18:08 ` Jesper Nilsson
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