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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2010-10-12 17:27:20 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2010-10-12 17:27:28 +0200
commit37eca0d64a2dbeece25969ec0698e1ff72bdcf39 (patch)
tree54ba70f0428f586f4fe28d8b429b9f9e0799a17a /include/linux/mutex.h
parent277b199800ac90811ac86d215063df1984f51619 (diff)
parent3c06806e690885ce978ef180c8f8b6f8c17fb4b4 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into core/locking
Reason: Pull in the semaphore related changes Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mutex.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mutex.h8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index 878cab4f5fcc..f363bc8fdc74 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ struct mutex_waiter {
# include <linux/mutex-debug.h>
#else
# define __DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname)
+/**
+ * mutex_init - initialize the mutex
+ * @mutex: the mutex to be initialized
+ *
+ * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state.
+ *
+ * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex.
+ */
# define mutex_init(mutex) \
do { \
static struct lock_class_key __key; \