Re: [PATCH 2.6.16-rc1-git4] accessfs: a permission managingfilesystem

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 04:45:02 EST


On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:24 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> >> +static DECLARE_MUTEX(accessfs_sem);
> >> >
> >> >Please use a `struct mutex'.
> >>
> >> You know what's irritating? That DECLARE_MUTEX starts a semaphore and
> >> DEFINE_MUTEX a mutex.
> >
> >DECLARE_MUTEX will go away.
>
> And be replaced by... DEFINE_SEMAPHORE?

... or just go away entirely, depending if there are any users of it
left after all mutexes have been converted to DEFINE_MUTEX()...


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