Re: [PATCH] isapnp driver semaphore to mutex

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Dec 03 2007 - 11:48:51 EST



* Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 16:57 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Changed the isapnp semaphore to a mutex.
> >
> > cool - i'll give it a whirl.
> >
> > small immaterial nit:
> >
> > > Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > it's Signed-off-by (note the capitalization). Having this consistent
> > makes scripting around patches a tiny bit easier.
>
> Yeah, I know about it but sometimes still slips by..

it's worth automating these repetative bits. I use small templates when
creating patches. Also, it's worth running patches through
scripts/checkpatch.pl - it has a check for exactly this typo. [ Not a
big issue at all, i just mentioned it in case you get a taste for
sending more sem2mutex patches :-) ]

Ingo
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