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authorJens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>2010-10-19 09:13:04 +0200
committerJens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>2010-10-19 09:13:04 +0200
commitfa251f89903d73989e2f63e13d0eaed1e07ce0da (patch)
tree3f7fe779941e3b6d67754dd7c44a32f48ea47c74 /include/linux/mutex.h
parentdd3932eddf428571762596e17b65f5dc92ca361b (diff)
parentcd07202cc8262e1669edff0d97715f3dd9260917 (diff)
Merge branch 'v2.6.36-rc8' into for-2.6.37/barrier
Conflicts: block/blk-core.c drivers/block/loop.c mm/swapfile.c Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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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; \