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

Andi Kleen
2005-12-13T09:09:20Z

> it's not _that_ bad, if done overnight. It does not touch any of the
> down/up APIs. Touching those would create a monster patch and monster
> impact.

One argument for a full rename (and abandoning the old "struct semaphore"
name completely) would be that it would offer a clean break for out tree code,
no silent breakage.

-Andi