The patch titled Subject: kernel/mutex: mutex_is_locked can be boolean has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kernel-mutex-mutex_is_locked-can-be-boolean.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-mutex-mutex_is_locked-can-be-boolean.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-mutex-mutex_is_locked-can-be-boolean.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel/mutex: mutex_is_locked can be boolean Make mutex_is_locked return bool due to this particular function only using either one or zero as its return value. No functional change. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1513266622-15860-7-git-send-email-baiyaowei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/mutex.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/mutex.h~kernel-mutex-mutex_is_locked-can-be-boolean include/linux/mutex.h --- a/include/linux/mutex.h~kernel-mutex-mutex_is_locked-can-be-boolean +++ a/include/linux/mutex.h @@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ extern void __mutex_init(struct mutex *l * mutex_is_locked - is the mutex locked * @lock: the mutex to be queried * - * Returns 1 if the mutex is locked, 0 if unlocked. + * Returns true if the mutex is locked, false if unlocked. */ -static inline int mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock) +static inline bool mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock) { /* * XXX think about spin_is_locked _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from baiyaowei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-memblock-memblock_is_map-region_memory-can-be-boolean.patch lib-lockref-__lockref_is_dead-can-be-boolean.patch kernel-cpuset-current_cpuset_is_being_rebound-can-be-boolean.patch kernel-resource-iomem_is_exclusive-can-be-boolean.patch kernel-module-module_is_live-can-be-boolean.patch kernel-mutex-mutex_is_locked-can-be-boolean.patch crash_dump-is_kdump_kernel-can-be-boolean.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html