Re: [PATCH 0/7] convert semaphore to mutex in struct class

[Stefan Richter]

Jarek Poplawski wrote:
>> David Brownell wrote:
>> > On Monday 07 January 2008, Greg KH wrote:
>> >> Most of the non-driver core code should be converted to not use the
>> >> lock in the class at all.  They should use a local lock instead.
>> > 
>> > Or better yet, that yet-to-be-written class_for_each_instance()
>> > iterator ... :)
...
> I hope I'm wrong, but IMHO it should be safer not to mix such changes,
> so do the mutexes first or delay them until the end. Otherwise some
> false blaming seems almost inevitable.

I agree.  Sem2mutex conversion should not be mixed with API conversion,
even if one or both seem trivial.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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