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SubjectRe: *_trylock return on success?
On Saturday 25 November 2000 20:22, Philipp Rumpf wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 08:03:49PM +0100, Roger Larsson wrote:
> > > _trylock functions return 0 for success.
> >
> > Not spin_trylock
>
> Argh, I missed the (recent ?) change to make x86 spinlocks use 1 to mean
> unlocked. You're correct, and obviously this should be fixed.
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If this are to change in 2.4 I would suggest
to renaming it to mutex_lock (as in Nigels preemptive kernel patch)

Why?

A) the name spin_lock describes how the function is implemented and not
the intended purpose.
B) with a preemptive kernel we will have more than four intended purposes:
1) SMP - spin_lock, prevent two processors to run currently
2) UP - not used, code can only be executed by one thread.
3) PREEMTIVE - lock a region for preemption to avoid concurrent execution.
4) debug - addition of debug checks.

With Nigels patch most are changed, with some additional stuff...

My suggestion, change the name to mutex_lock and negate let mutex_trylock
follow the example of other _trylocks (returning 0 for success).

Ok?

If it is ok, I can prepare a patch (earliest monday)

/RogerL
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