Re: [PATCH] 2.6.16-rc2-mm1 -repair-ipc-semaphore-comments-and-variables

[Andrew Morton]

Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> An apparent global find/replace of 'semphore' to 'mutex' in ipc/sem.c
>  modified several comments and variables that refer to the so called
>  "SysV IPC semphores".  The user interface objects remain "semaphores". 
>  The name of the file is still 'ipc/sem.c' This patch attempts to revert
>  just those comments and variables that refer to the "SysV IPC
>  semphores".

heh, yes, thanks.

The patch had significant wordwrapping - please fix that email client for
next time.

>  Note that several of these comments contain 10+ year old revision notes
>  that could possibly be removed at some time.

Sure, a comment review & revamp wouldn't hurt.
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