| From: |
| David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> |
| To: |
| torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, mingo@redhat.com |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH 0/12]: MUTEX: Introduce mutex implementation |
| Date: |
| Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:13:06 GMT |
| Cc: |
| linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org |
This set of patches implements mutexes as an alternative to semaphores where
such more restricted behaviour is appropriate.
There are several changes that might be appropriate to these patches:
(1) Name DECLARE_MUTEX as DEFINE_MUTEX in linux/mutex-*.h
(2) Make mutex_trylock()'s return value consistent with semaphores rather
than everything else.
(3) Drop the testing module (patch 12/12). I'm not sure I've got the plumbing
correct in the master makefile.
Patches to come after Christmas will include sem -> completion conversions and
sem -> mutex conversions.
Merry Christmas!
David
