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[PATCH] chardev: GPIO for SCx200 & PC-8736x: replace spinlocks w mutexes
authorJim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:54:25 +0000 (02:54 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:32:43 +0000 (17:32 -0700)
commit8bcf6135c3e8cdfab375f4041a48721483519eee
tree06658c8beb4a8e0e3808ca962fced3166a0eb22btree | snapshot
parent6cad56fd884b7eb85ae193c94b688fe76680fcbfcommit | diff
[PATCH] chardev: GPIO for SCx200 & PC-8736x: replace spinlocks w mutexes

Replace spinlocks guarding gpio config ops with mutexes.  This is a me-too
patch, and is justifiable insofar as mutexes have stricter semantics and
better debugging support, so are preferred where they are applicable.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/scx200.c diff | blob | blame | history
drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c diff | blob | blame | history
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