linux-kernel - Re: [Patch RFC 20/37] cifs: convert semaphore to mutex

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:43:32 -0500
From:	Steven French <sfrench@...ibm.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [Patch RFC 20/37] cifs: convert semaphore to mutex

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote on 07/30/2009 04:09:46 PM:

> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 08:18:39AM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > -   struct semaphore sesSem;
> > +   struct mutex sesSem;
> 
> If we touch every user of this anyway any chance we could give it a sane
> name, e.g. session_mutex?
> 

Sounds like a good idea.  Might as well make the name change - since it is 
easier to read.


Steve French
Senior Software Engineer
Linux Technology Center - IBM Austin
phone: 512-838-2294
email: sfrench at-sign us dot ibm dot com
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