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

Matthew Wilcox
2005-12-13T12:39:30Z

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:48:19AM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> > > +#define is_mutex_locked(mutex) ((mutex)->state)
> >
> > Let's keep the namespace consistent. mutex_is_locked().
>
> But that's a poor name: it turns it from a question into a statement:-(

Ah, but look at it in context of how it's used:

if (is_mutex_locked())
That's gramatically incorrect!

if (mutex_is_locked())
much better.