linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Rename DECLARE_MUTEX to DEFINE

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Message-ID: <20081029212257.GA32598@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:22:57 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename DECLARE_MUTEX to DEFINE_SEMAPHORE

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:16:29PM +0100, Marcin Slusarz wrote:
> Changing the name of DECLARE_MUTEX (to something which tells us what it really
> does) will increase visibility of semaphore uses, don't you think?
> And more visibility means more patches removing its uses.

What it primarily would is cause change churn.  Really, if you want to
do something useful try getting rid of it instead.

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