Re: [PATCH 0/4] *** rtl8188eu: Replace semaphores with mutexes or completions ***

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Friday, June 3, 2016 3:28:59 PM CEST Binoy Jayan wrote:
> 
> These are a set of patches which removes semaphores from:
> 
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu
> 
> These are part of a bigger effort to eliminate all semaphores 
> from the linux kernel.
> 
> They build correctly (individually and as a whole).
> NB: I have not tested this as I do not have the following hardware:
> 
> "Realtek RTL8188EU Wireless LAN NIC driver"
> 
> 

The patches all look good to me. Patch three again could use some
information describing that it replaces an interruptible semaphore
with an uninterruptible mutex, fixing a bug in the process.

BTW, there is no need to list the dependencies in each patch
when posting a series, as the default assumption is that they
need to be applied in sequence.

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>