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SubjectRe: [patch 00/15] Generic Mutex Subsystem
Arjan van de Ven wrote:

>>If we agree mutex is a good idea at all (and I think it is), then
>>wouldn't it be better to aim for a wholesale conversion rather than
>>"if people want to"?
>
>
> well most of this will "only" take a few kernel releases ;-)
>

OK, so in my mind that is aiming for a wholesale conversion. And
yes I would expect the semaphore to stay around for a while...

But I thought Linus phrased it as though mutex should be made
available and no large scale conversions.

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