Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2 1/4] Staging: comedi: Use mutex instead of semaphore in usbduxsigma.c

[Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>]

On Friday 02 October 2015 22:04:22 Ksenija Stanojevic wrote:
> Replace binary semaphore with mutex because mutex gives better
> performance.
> This change is safe because the thread that decrements the value of semaphore
> is also the one that increments it, and acts like a mutex where owner of the
> lock is the only one that can release the lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ksenija Stanojevic <ksenija.stanojevic@gmail.com>
> 

(all four patches)

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Generally speaking however, the subject line is nicer if you put the
driver name in front, to make it easier to distinguish the subject
lines, like:

staging: comedi/usbduxsigma: use mutex instead of semaphore

Greg will let you know if he wants you to respin the patches once
more or if he just takes them as they are.

	Arnd