Hi All,

Please ignore this patch. I'm sending with correct Subject Line
On Thursday 17 April 2014 09:21 PM, Kumar Gaurav wrote:
dgap driver uses semaphore for obtaining lock. I upgraded it to use MUTEX.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Gaurav <kumargauravgup...@gmail.com>
---
  drivers/staging/dgap/dgap_tty.c |   17 +++++------------
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap_tty.c b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap_tty.c
index 2a7a372..0ca72a2 100755
--- a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap_tty.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  #include <asm/uaccess.h>        /* For copy_from_user/copy_to_user */
  #include <asm/io.h>             /* For read[bwl]/write[bwl] */
  #include <linux/pci.h>
-
+#include<linux/mutex.h>
  #include "dgap_driver.h"
  #include "dgap_tty.h"
  #include "dgap_types.h"
@@ -61,18 +61,12 @@
  #include "dgap_conf.h"
  #include "dgap_sysfs.h"
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,37)
-#define init_MUTEX(sem)         sema_init(sem, 1)
-#define DECLARE_MUTEX(name)     \
-        struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, 1)
-#endif
-
  /*
   * internal variables
   */
  static struct board_t *dgap_BoardsByMajor[256];
  static uchar          *dgap_TmpWriteBuf = NULL;
-static DECLARE_MUTEX(dgap_TmpWriteSem);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dgap_TmpWriteSem);
/*
   * Default transparent print information.
@@ -2004,12 +1998,11 @@ static int dgap_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const 
unsigned char *buf, int
                 * the board.
                 */
                /* we're allowed to block if it's from_user */
-               if (down_interruptible(&dgap_TmpWriteSem)) {
+               if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dgap_TmpWriteSem))
                        return (-EINTR);
-               }
if (copy_from_user(dgap_TmpWriteBuf, (const uchar __user *) buf, count)) {
-                       up(&dgap_TmpWriteSem);
+                       mutex_unlock(&dgap_TmpWriteSem);
                        printk("Write: Copy from user failed!\n");
                        return -EFAULT;
                }
@@ -2093,7 +2086,7 @@ static int dgap_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const 
unsigned char *buf, int
if (from_user) {
                DGAP_UNLOCK(ch->ch_lock, lock_flags);
-               up(&dgap_TmpWriteSem);
+               mutex_unlock(&dgap_TmpWriteSem);
        }
        else {
                DGAP_UNLOCK(ch->ch_lock, lock_flags);

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