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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2008-12-31 12:35:57 (GMT)
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2008-12-31 12:35:57 (GMT)
commit2ca1a615835d9f4990f42102ab1f2ef434e7e89c (patch)
tree726cf3d5f29a6c66c44e4bd68e7ebed2fd83d059 /include/linux/mutex.h
parente12f0102ac81d660c9f801d0a0e10ccf4537a9de (diff)
parent6a94cb73064c952255336cc57731904174b2c58f (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-2ca1a615835d9f4990f42102ab1f2ef434e7e89c.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
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diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index bc6da10..7a0e5c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ extern int __must_check mutex_lock_killable(struct mutex *lock);
/*
* NOTE: mutex_trylock() follows the spin_trylock() convention,
* not the down_trylock() convention!
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the mutex has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention.
*/
extern int mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock);
extern void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);