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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation
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    On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 10:50 -0600, Christopher Friesen wrote:
    > Nikita Danilov wrote:
    >
    > > And to convert almost all calls to down/up to mutex_{down,up}. At which
    > > point, it no longer makes sense to share the same data-type for
    > > semaphore and mutex.
    >
    > If we're going to call it a mutex, it would make sense to use familiar
    > terminology and call it lock/unlock rather than down/up.

    ACK!

    -- Steve

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