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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-10-06 19:11:17 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-10-06 19:11:17 -0700
commit12e94471b2be5ef9b55b10004a3a2cd819490036 (patch)
treef84ae818687dc7c35bd54f11bfb9717278d28a4e /include/linux/mutex.h
parent79315068f4560f3f7bd6e9790190dcb43059770c (diff)
parentcb655d0f3d57c23db51b981648e452988c0223f9 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
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diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index 878cab4f5fcc..f363bc8fdc74 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ struct mutex_waiter {
# include <linux/mutex-debug.h>
#else
# define __DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname)
+/**
+ * mutex_init - initialize the mutex
+ * @mutex: the mutex to be initialized
+ *
+ * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state.
+ *
+ * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex.
+ */
# define mutex_init(mutex) \
do { \
static struct lock_class_key __key; \