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authorMatthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com>2007-05-08 00:32:00 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-08 11:15:15 -0700
commit69f545ea6aa9cf0a1b2e31b287e17f4cd9eb6d93 (patch)
tree14ffae34a61890a9cb652e316a3735074515049b /drivers/char/rocket.c
parent6bdb6b620e335d38ced8d5981e8f44778225c1d8 (diff)
use mutex instead of semaphore in RocketPort driver
The RocketPort driver uses a semaphore as mutex. Use the mutex API instead of the (binary) semaphore. Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/rocket.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/rocket.c19
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/rocket.c b/drivers/char/rocket.c
index e249d8cfcd0..61a63da420c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rocket.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rocket.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/ioport.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/wait.h>
@@ -89,7 +90,6 @@
#include <asm/atomic.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
/****** RocketPort includes ******/
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static void init_r_port(int board, int aiop, int chan, struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
}
}
spin_lock_init(&info->slock);
- sema_init(&info->write_sem, 1);
+ mutex_init(&info->write_mtx);
rp_table[line] = info;
if (pci_dev)
tty_register_device(rocket_driver, line, &pci_dev->dev);
@@ -1657,8 +1657,11 @@ static void rp_put_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char ch)
if (rocket_paranoia_check(info, "rp_put_char"))
return;
- /* Grab the port write semaphore, locking out other processes that try to write to this port */
- down(&info->write_sem);
+ /*
+ * Grab the port write mutex, locking out other processes that try to
+ * write to this port
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&info->write_mtx);
#ifdef ROCKET_DEBUG_WRITE
printk(KERN_INFO "rp_put_char %c...", ch);
@@ -1680,12 +1683,12 @@ static void rp_put_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char ch)
info->xmit_fifo_room--;
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->slock, flags);
- up(&info->write_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&info->write_mtx);
}
/*
* Exception handler - write routine, called when user app writes to the device.
- * A per port write semaphore is used to protect from another process writing to
+ * A per port write mutex is used to protect from another process writing to
* this port at the same time. This other process could be running on the other CPU
* or get control of the CPU if the copy_from_user() blocks due to a page fault (swapped out).
* Spinlocks protect the info xmit members.
@@ -1702,7 +1705,7 @@ static int rp_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
if (count <= 0 || rocket_paranoia_check(info, "rp_write"))
return 0;
- down_interruptible(&info->write_sem);
+ mutex_lock_interruptible(&info->write_mtx);
#ifdef ROCKET_DEBUG_WRITE
printk(KERN_INFO "rp_write %d chars...", count);
@@ -1773,7 +1776,7 @@ end:
wake_up_interruptible(&tty->poll_wait);
#endif
}
- up(&info->write_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&info->write_mtx);
return retval;
}