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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-09-08 22:13:42 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-09-08 22:13:42 +0400
commit79637a41e466bbe7dfe394bac3c9d86a92fd55b1 (patch)
tree0ee720d20572a3e1f901f78331b57612984f1e2e /include/linux
parent899edae615c806f78880077bd46f04d7f23ae6e6 (diff)
parentb3bd3de66f60df4c9a2076e2886a622458929056 (diff)
downloadlinux-79637a41e466bbe7dfe394bac3c9d86a92fd55b1.tar.xz
Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warnings mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook pid: make setpgid() system call use RCU read-side critical section MAINTAINERS: Add RCU's public git tree
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-rw-r--r--include/linux/mutex.h8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index 878cab4f5fcc..f363bc8fdc74 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ struct mutex_waiter {
# include <linux/mutex-debug.h>
#else
# define __DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname)
+/**
+ * mutex_init - initialize the mutex
+ * @mutex: the mutex to be initialized
+ *
+ * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state.
+ *
+ * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex.
+ */
# define mutex_init(mutex) \
do { \
static struct lock_class_key __key; \