[PATCH 1/2] DVB: dvb_frontend: convert semaphore to mutex

2011-08-24 Thread Andreas Oberritter
Signed-off-by: Andreas Oberritter --- drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c | 23 +++ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c index a716627..f433a88 100644 ---

Re: [PATCH 1/2] DVB: dvb_frontend: convert semaphore to mutex

2011-09-04 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 26-08-2011 07:10, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: > On 24.08.2011 20:54, Devin Heitmueller wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Andreas Oberritter wrote: >>> Instead of wasting your time with theory, you could have easily reviewed >>> my patch. It's really *very* simple any anyone having use

Re: [PATCH 1/2] DVB: dvb_frontend: convert semaphore to mutex

2011-08-24 Thread Devin Heitmueller
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Andreas Oberritter wrote: > Signed-off-by: Andreas Oberritter This may seem like a silly question, but *why* are you making this change? There is no explanation for what prompted it. Is it in response to some issue you encountered? I'm asking because in genera

Re: [PATCH 1/2] DVB: dvb_frontend: convert semaphore to mutex

2011-08-24 Thread Devin Heitmueller
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Andreas Oberritter wrote: > It's impossible to clean up dvb_frontend.c, which looks quite > unmaintained, without touching it. It is quite unmaintained. In fact, it was broken for numerous cards for almost two years before I finally got someone in the Hauppauge U

Re: [PATCH 1/2] DVB: dvb_frontend: convert semaphore to mutex

2011-08-24 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 24.08.2011 20:06, Devin Heitmueller wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Andreas Oberritter wrote: >> It's impossible to clean up dvb_frontend.c, which looks quite >> unmaintained, without touching it. > > It is quite unmaintained. In fact, it was broken for numerous cards > for almost t

Re: [PATCH 1/2] DVB: dvb_frontend: convert semaphore to mutex

2011-08-24 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 24.08.2011 19:54, Devin Heitmueller wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Andreas Oberritter wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Andreas Oberritter > > This may seem like a silly question, but *why* are you making this > change? There is no explanation for what prompted it. Is it in > response to

Re: [PATCH 1/2] DVB: dvb_frontend: convert semaphore to mutex

2011-08-24 Thread Devin Heitmueller
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Andreas Oberritter wrote: > Instead of wasting your time with theory, you could have easily reviewed > my patch. It's really *very* simple any anyone having used semphores or > mutexes in the kernel should be able to see that. There's no need to resort to belittle

Re: [PATCH 1/2] DVB: dvb_frontend: convert semaphore to mutex

2011-08-26 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 24.08.2011 20:54, Devin Heitmueller wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Andreas Oberritter wrote: >> Instead of wasting your time with theory, you could have easily reviewed >> my patch. It's really *very* simple any anyone having used semphores or >> mutexes in the kernel should be able