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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation
    On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 09:57:40PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
    > This will BREAK a lot of out-of-tree stuff if merged.

    Well, bad luck for them.

    > The simplest way would be to NOT re-use the up()/down() symbols,
    > but rather to either keep them as-is (counting semaphores),
    > or delete them entirely (so that external code *knows* of the change).

    That I agree with actually. Keeping the semaphore interface as-is
    would simplify in-kernel transition a lot aswell and make it easier for
    people to get the API read. And the mutex symbols could get far more sensible
    names like mutex_lock, mutex_unlock and mutex_trylock..
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