From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: olaf+list.linux-kernel@olafdietsche.de, eike-kernel@sf-tec.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:32:14 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.16-rc1-git4] accessfs: a permission managing filesystem

Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> wrote:
>
> >> >> +static DECLARE_MUTEX(accessfs_sem);
> >> >
> >> >Please use a `struct mutex'.
> >> 
> >> You know what's irritating? That DECLARE_MUTEX starts a semaphore and
> >> DEFINE_MUTEX a mutex.
> >
> >DECLARE_MUTEX will go away.
> 
> And be replaced by... DEFINE_SEMAPHORE?

That would be logical.