From: Jiri Kosina Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:22:03 +0000 (-0800) Subject: RTC: convert mutex to bitfield X-Git-Tag: v2.6.24-rc4~31 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8853c202b4a91713dbfb4d9b6e1c87cc2aa12392;p=pandora-kernel.git RTC: convert mutex to bitfield RTC code is using mutex to assure exclusive access to /dev/rtc. This is however wrong usage, as it leaves the mutex locked when returning into userspace, which is unacceptable. Convert rtc->char_lock into bit operation. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo Cc: David Brownell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Reading git-diff-tree failed