On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:48:58 +0000
Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <maxextreme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> +DECLARE_MUTEX(cfag12864bfb_sem);
Mutexes are preferred - please only use semaphores if their counting
feature is required.
This lock can have static scope.
> +struct page *cfag12864bfb_vma_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long address, int *type)
This function can have static scope.
> +{
> + struct page *page;
> + down(&cfag12864bfb_sem);
> +
> + page = virt_to_page(cfag12864b_buffer);
> + get_page(page);
> +
> + if(type)
> + *type = VM_FAULT_MINOR;
> +
> + up(&cfag12864bfb_sem);
> + return page;
> +}
What's the semaphore actually needed for?