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

Christopher Friesen
2005-12-15T16:50:43Z

Nikita Danilov wrote:

> And to convert almost all calls to down/up to mutex_{down,up}. At which
> point, it no longer makes sense to share the same data-type for
> semaphore and mutex.

If we're going to call it a mutex, it would make sense to use familiar
terminology and call it lock/unlock rather than down/up.

Chris