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| author | Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> | 2014-04-07 23:49:35 (GMT) |
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| committer | Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> | 2014-04-07 23:49:35 (GMT) |
| commit | 62b8c978ee6b8d135d9e7953221de58000dba986 (patch) | |
| tree | 683b04b2e627f6710c22c151b23c8cc9a165315e /Documentation/mutex-design.txt | |
| parent | 78fd82238d0e5716578c326404184a27ba67fd6e (diff) | |
| download | linux-fsl-qoriq-62b8c978ee6b8d135d9e7953221de58000dba986.tar.xz | |
Rewind v3.13-rc3+ (78fd82238d0e5716) to v3.12
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diff --git a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt index 1dfe62c..38c10fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt @@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ using mutexes at the moment, please let me know if you find any. ] Implementation of mutexes ------------------------- -'struct mutex' is the new mutex type, defined in include/linux/mutex.h and -implemented in kernel/locking/mutex.c. It is a counter-based mutex with a -spinlock and a wait-list. The counter has 3 states: 1 for "unlocked", 0 for -"locked" and negative numbers (usually -1) for "locked, potential waiters -queued". +'struct mutex' is the new mutex type, defined in include/linux/mutex.h +and implemented in kernel/mutex.c. It is a counter-based mutex with a +spinlock and a wait-list. The counter has 3 states: 1 for "unlocked", +0 for "locked" and negative numbers (usually -1) for "locked, potential +waiters queued". the APIs of 'struct mutex' have been streamlined: |