semaphores in 2.3.3

semaphores in 2.3.3

[Oliver Neukum]

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Hi,

as you may have noticed linux-2.3.3  doesn't compile on powerpc due to
changes in semaphores and waitqueues. This means that ppc is again at a
disadvantage.
I hope for ppc to become one of the stable ports.
I've attached a patch that ports the basic change from i386 to ppc.
As yet, the kernel will not compile. It needs to include semaphore.h at a
few places. In addition i've found ide-pmac.c and adbmouse.c to be broken.

People, this can't be that hard.

Regards

Oliver Neukum

PS: It assumes the changes needed to compile 2.2.8 have been made.

PPS:What is the reason IrDA isn't there for ppc ?

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--- include/asm-ppc/semaphore.h.alt	Mon May 24 15:16:03 1999
+++ include/asm-ppc/semaphore.h	Mon May 24 17:16:08 1999
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
 
 struct semaphore {
 	atomic_t count;
@@ -16,17 +17,42 @@
 	wait_queue_head_t wait;
 };
 
-#define sema_init(sem, val)	atomic_set(&((sem)->count), (val))
-
-#define MUTEX		((struct semaphore) \
-			 { ATOMIC_INIT(1), ATOMIC_INIT(0), NULL })
-#define MUTEX_LOCKED	((struct semaphore) \
-			 { ATOMIC_INIT(0), ATOMIC_INIT(0), NULL })
+#define __SEM_DEBUG_INIT(name)
 
 extern void __down(struct semaphore * sem);
 extern int  __down_interruptible(struct semaphore * sem);
 extern int  __down_trylock(struct semaphore * sem);
 extern void __up(struct semaphore * sem);
+
+#define __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name,count) \
+{ ATOMIC_INIT(count), 0,__WAITQUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER((name).wait) \
+	__SEM_DEBUG_INIT(name) }
+
+#define __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(name) \
+	__SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name,1)
+
+#define __DECLARE_SEMAPHORE_GENERIC(name,count) \
+	struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name,count)
+
+#define DECLARE_MUTEX(name) __DECLARE_SEMAPHORE_GENERIC(name,1)
+#define DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED(name) __DECLARE_SEMAPHORE_GENERIC(name,0)
+
+extern inline void sema_init (struct semaphore *sem, int val)
+{
+atomic_set(&sem->count, val);
+atomic_set(&sem->waking, 0);
+init_waitqueue_head(&sem->wait);
+}
+
+static inline void init_MUTEX (struct semaphore *sem)
+{
+	sema_init(sem, 1);
+}
+
+static inline void init_MUTEX_LOCKED (struct semaphore *sem)
+{
+	sema_init(sem, 0);
+}
 
 extern inline void down(struct semaphore * sem)
 {
--- kernel/fork.c.alt	Mon May 24 15:01:26 1999
+++ kernel/fork.c	Mon May 24 17:10:47 1999
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 /* The idle tasks do not count.. */
 int nr_tasks=0;

Re: semaphores in 2.3.3

[Martin Costabel]

Oliver Neukum wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> as you may have noticed linux-2.3.3  doesn't compile on powerpc due to
> changes in semaphores and waitqueues. This means that ppc is again at a
> disadvantage.
> I hope for ppc to become one of the stable ports.
> I've attached a patch that ports the basic change from i386 to ppc.
> As yet, the kernel will not compile. It needs to include semaphore.h at a
> few places. In addition i've found ide-pmac.c and adbmouse.c to be broken.
> 
> People, this can't be that hard.

AFAICT, this is not a problem of finding the right patches, but to get
them accepted by Linus.

The vger cvs tree has had a compiling 2.3.3 kernel for some time (I am
running it right now). The one I am running is from last Friday, the one
checked out today compiles, but doesn't boot.

I think if you want to use 2.3.x kernels, you have to accept that these
are development kernels, and that there are periods when they don't
work.

After all, there is the stable just one week old version 2.2.9 (although
the official 2.2.9 kernel includes this broken patch of
arch/ppc/kernel/syscalls.c that didn't come from vger).

--
Martin

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