linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] making the kernel -Wshadow clean

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Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:57:15 +0200
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>, pj@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] making the kernel -Wshadow clean - fix mconf


> Well actually when struct mutex went in we decided to remove all
> non-counting uses of semaphores kernel-wide, migrating them to mutexes. 
> Then to remove all the arch-specific semaphore implementations and
> implement an arch-neutral version.  After that has been done would be an
> appropriate time to rename things.
> 
> But it never happened.  See "fine intentions", above ;)

it's still in progress ;)
even in 2.6.18-rc there are semaphore to mutex conversions....
the remaining ones are increasingly tricky though so speed is slowing
down


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