Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:

>      	init_MUTEX_LOCKED()
> 	DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED()

please kill these two in the simple mutex implementation - they are a 
sign of mutexes used as completions.

>  (7) Provides a debugging config option CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEX_OWNER by which the
>      mutex owner can be tracked and by which over-upping can be detected.

another simplification: also enforce that only the owner can unlock the 
mutex. This is what we are doing in the -rt patch. (This rule also 
ensures that such mutexes can be used for priority inheritance.)

	Ingo
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