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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-10-08 09:14:51 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-10-08 09:15:00 +0200
commit153db80f8cf74e8700cac96305b6c0b92918f17c (patch)
treec2afb28e7b3f4fbf0aacd9edd39d7f895321ca0c /include/linux/mutex.h
parent5fd03ddab7fdbc44bfb2d183a4531c26a8dbca5a (diff)
parentcb655d0f3d57c23db51b981648e452988c0223f9 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc7' into core/memblock
Merge reason: Update from -rc3 to -rc7. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mutex.h')
-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 878cab4f5fc..f363bc8fdc7 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; \