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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-01-02 22:41:36 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-01-02 22:41:36 +0100
commit923a789b49c7269a0245d5af6afe486188d940df (patch)
treec3f168427372e64f7467a794f313416da5086ba0 /include/linux/mutex.h
parent103ceffb9501531f6931df6aebc11a05189201f0 (diff)
parentb840d79631c882786925303c2b0f4fefc31845ed (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/cleanups
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mutex.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index bc6da10ceee..7a0e5c4f807 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ extern int __must_check mutex_lock_killable(struct mutex *lock);
/*
* NOTE: mutex_trylock() follows the spin_trylock() convention,
* not the down_trylock() convention!
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the mutex has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention.
*/
extern int mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock);
extern void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);