[PATCH v4 0/2] modules/kmod: replace implementation with a sempahore

From: Luis Chamberlain
Date: Fri Apr 14 2023 - 13:17:13 EST


Changes on this v4:

o Really add Matthew Wilcox' preferred tribal knowledge docs
o Add all the pending tags

Changes on v3:

o Tons of spell checks thanks to Miroslav Benes
o Fixed a stupid bug where I was using the timeout without HZ as
reported by Miroslav Benes
o Enanced the tribal knowledge docs for the semaphore Vs mutex
considerations folks might make as suggested by Matthew Wilcox
o Added tags for patches

Changes on v2:
o split the series up into its own
o adopt Peter's patch and extend it with some documentation as to why
some folks stick to binary semaphores over mutexes
o modify kmod.c to use the preferred declaration

Luis Chamberlain (1):
modules/kmod: replace implementation with a semaphore

Peter Zijlstra (1):
Change DEFINE_SEMAPHORE() to take a number argument

arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 2 +-
drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 2 +-
drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c | 2 +-
drivers/macintosh/adb.c | 2 +-
.../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 2 +-
drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c | 2 +-
drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_ioctl.c | 2 +-
.../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 2 +-
include/linux/semaphore.h | 10 +++++--
kernel/module/kmod.c | 26 +++++--------------
kernel/printk/printk.c | 2 +-
net/rxrpc/call_object.c | 6 ++---
13 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

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