linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] Power Management: use mutexes instead of semaphores

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Date:	Thu, 3 May 2007 22:54:32 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Power Management: use mutexes instead of semaphores

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:43:22 +0200 Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com> wrote:

> the Power Management code uses semaphores as mutexes. use the mutex
> API instead of the (binary) semaphores

I know it's a little thing, but given a choice between

a) changelogs which use capital letters and fullstops and

b) changelogs which do not,

I think a) gives a better result.

I note that none of these patches added a #include <linux/mutex.h>.  Each C
file which uses mutexes should do that, rather than relying upon accidental
nested includes.  I hope you're checking for that.

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