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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_synch.c
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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.

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