1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index fedf5e369755..af8a2a57e17d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 /* Definition for rcupdate control block. */
 struct rcu_ctrlblk rcu_ctrlblk = {
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ static int rsinterval = 1000;
 #endif
 
 static atomic_t rcu_barrier_cpu_count;
-static struct semaphore rcu_barrier_sema;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(rcu_barrier_mutex);
 static struct completion rcu_barrier_completion;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -207,13 +208,13 @@ static void rcu_barrier_func(void *notused)
 void rcu_barrier(void)
 {
         BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
-        /* Take cpucontrol semaphore to protect against CPU hotplug */
-        down(&rcu_barrier_sema);
+        /* Take cpucontrol mutex to protect against CPU hotplug */
+        mutex_lock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
         init_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
         atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 0);
         on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, NULL, 0, 1);
         wait_for_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
-        up(&rcu_barrier_sema);
+        mutex_unlock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_barrier);
 
@@ -549,7 +550,6 @@ static struct notifier_block __devinitdata rcu_nb = {
  */
 void __init rcu_init(void)
 {
-        sema_init(&rcu_barrier_sema, 1);
         rcu_cpu_notify(&rcu_nb, CPU_UP_PREPARE,
                         (void *)(long)smp_processor_id());
         /* Register notifier for non-boot CPUs */