Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:28:55 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: lkml@rtr.ca, tglx@linutronix.de, dhowells@redhat.com,
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       torvalds@osdl.org, arjan@infradead.org, matthew@wil.cx,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation
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David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> So... Would you then object to an implementation of a mutex appearing in the
>  tree which semaphores that are being used as strict mutexes can be migrated
>  over to as the opportunity arises?

That would be sane.  The semaphore->completion migration didn't hurt.
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