Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:19:58 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation |
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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Well, in case of a semaphore it is a semantically correct use case. In > case of of a mutex it is not.
I disagree.
Think of "initialization" as a user. The system starts out initializing stuff, and as such the mutex should start out being held. It's that simple. It _is_ mutual exclusion, with one user being the early bootup state.
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