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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Sean MacLennan <seanm@seanm.ca>, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: WARNING: mutexes are preferred for single holder semaphores
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 08:01:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080505060154.GA12393@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18462.27991.229693.188377@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 12:13:43PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Sean MacLennan writes:
> 
> > This is a bit OT, but I got the warning in the subject from
> > checkpatch.pl for a piece of code. The code *is* using a mutex. Does it
> > actually mean I shouldn't use a mutex?
> 
> I don't require zero checkpatch warnings or errors on patches before I
> accept them.  If what checkpatch is saying is rubbish, just ignore it.

Current versions don't spew much rubbish anymore, and this one certainly
isn't.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-05  6:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-05  0:41 WARNING: mutexes are preferred for single holder semaphores Sean MacLennan
2008-05-05  1:06 ` Michael Ellerman
2008-05-05  1:31   ` Sean MacLennan
2008-05-05  2:13 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-05-05  6:01   ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2008-05-05  3:38 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-05  4:40   ` Sean MacLennan
2008-05-07 14:36     ` All your drivers are belong to us [was WARNING: mutexes are preferred for single holder semaphores] Detlev Zundel
2008-05-07 21:42       ` All your drivers are belong to us [was WARNING: mutexes are preferredfor " Sean MacLennan
2008-05-08  0:49         ` Josh Boyer
2008-05-08  4:41           ` Sean MacLennan
2008-05-08 13:28           ` All your drivers are belong to us Detlev Zundel

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