Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:21:26 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_synch.c Message-ID: <200602221621.30866.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060222125723.P557@10.0.0.1> References: <200602222046.k1MKkBgI077922@repoman.freebsd.org> <43FCCEBA.5060309@freebsd.org> <20060222125723.P557@10.0.0.1>
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On Wednesday 22 February 2006 15:58, Jeff Roberson wrote: > On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Colin Percival wrote: > > > John Baldwin wrote: > >> Log: > >> Fixup some comments. Mutexes's are locked, not entered for several years > > > > What's the difference? I thought "lock a mutex", "enter a mutex", and "pick > > up a lock" were all interchangeable. > > The api used to be mtx_enter(). It's nice to have consistent comments so > we don't confuse new developers or non-native english speakers. Exactly. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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