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

Linus Torvalds
2005-12-16T22:19:58Z

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> Well, in case of a semaphore it is a semantically correct use case. In
> case of of a mutex it is not.

I disagree.

Think of "initialization" as a user. The system starts out initializing
stuff, and as such the mutex should start out being held. It's that
simple. It _is_ mutual exclusion, with one user being the early bootup
state.

Linus