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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2008-12-13 21:55:51 +1030
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2008-12-13 21:55:51 +1030
commit968ea6d80e395cf11a51143cfa1b9a14ada676df (patch)
treedc2acec8c9bdced33afe1e273ee5e0b0b93d2703 /include/linux/mutex.h
parent7be7585393d311866653564fbcd10a3232773c0b (diff)
parent8299608f140ae321e4eb5d1306184265d2b9511e (diff)
Merge ../linux-2.6-x86
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c kernel/sched.c kernel/sched_stats.h
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mutex.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index bc6da10ceee..7a0e5c4f807 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ extern int __must_check mutex_lock_killable(struct mutex *lock);
/*
* NOTE: mutex_trylock() follows the spin_trylock() convention,
* not the down_trylock() convention!
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the mutex has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention.
*/
extern int mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock);
extern void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);