The full cleanup of init_MUTEX[_LOCKED] and DECLARE_MUTEX has not been done. Some of the users are real semaphores and we should name them as such instead of confusing everyone with "MUTEX". Provide the infrastructure to get finally rid of init_MUTEX[_LOCKED] and DECLARE_MUTEX. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- include/linux/semaphore.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/semaphore.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/semaphore.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/semaphore.h @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ struct semaphore { .wait_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT((name).wait_list), \ } +#define DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(name) \ + struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, 1) + #define DECLARE_MUTEX(name) \ struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, 1)