On Friday 04 April 2014 01:34:43 David Härdeman wrote:
> Having a mutex named "lock" is a bit misleading.

Why? A mutex is a type of lock so what's the problem?

A little grep'ing and sed'ing reveals that out of the 1578 unique mutex names 
in the kernel source I have to hand, 540 contain "lock", and 921 contain 
"mutex".

Cheers
James

> 
> Signed-off-by: David Härdeman <da...@hardeman.nu>
> ---
>  drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c |    4 ++-
>  drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c          |   42
> ++++++++++++++++++----------------- include/media/rc-core.h             |  
>  5 ++--
>  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c
> b/drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c index 5bc7903..a9abbb4 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c
> @@ -666,11 +666,11 @@ static void img_ir_set_protocol(struct img_ir_priv
> *priv, u64 proto) {
>       struct rc_dev *rdev = priv->hw.rdev;
> 
> -     mutex_lock(&rdev->lock);
> +     mutex_lock(&rdev->mutex);
>       rdev->enabled_protocols = proto;
>       rdev->allowed_wakeup_protocols = proto;
>       rdev->enabled_wakeup_protocols = proto;
> -     mutex_unlock(&rdev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&rdev->mutex);
>  }
> 
>  /* Set up IR decoders */
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> index 7caca4f..bd4dfab 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int rc_open(struct rc_dev *dev)
>  {
>       int err = 0;
> 
> -     mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       if (dev->dead)
>               err = -ENODEV;
> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int rc_open(struct rc_dev *dev)
>                       dev->users--;
>       }
> 
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       return err;
>  }
> @@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rc_open);
> 
>  void rc_close(struct rc_dev *dev)
>  {
> -     mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       if (!dev->dead && !--dev->users && dev->close)
>               dev->close(dev);
> 
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rc_close);
> 
> @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ struct rc_filter_attribute {
>   * It returns the protocol names of supported protocols.
>   * Enabled protocols are printed in brackets.
>   *
> - * dev->lock is taken to guard against races between store_protocols and
> + * dev->mutex is taken to guard against races between store_protocols and
>   * show_protocols.
>   */
>  static ssize_t show_protocols(struct device *device,
> @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static ssize_t show_protocols(struct device *device,
>               return -EINVAL;
> 
>       rc_event(dev, RC_KEY, RC_KEY_REPEAT, 1);
> -     mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       if (fattr->type == RC_FILTER_NORMAL) {
>               enabled = dev->enabled_protocols;
> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static ssize_t show_protocols(struct device *device,
>               allowed = dev->allowed_wakeup_protocols;
>       }
> 
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       IR_dprintk(1, "%s: allowed - 0x%llx, enabled - 0x%llx\n",
>                  __func__, (long long)allowed, (long long)enabled);
> @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int parse_protocol_change(u64 *protocols, const
> char *buf) * See parse_protocol_change() for the valid commands.
>   * Returns @len on success or a negative error code.
>   *
> - * dev->lock is taken to guard against races between store_protocols and
> + * dev->mutex is taken to guard against races between store_protocols and
>   * show_protocols.
>   */
>  static ssize_t store_protocols(struct device *device,
> @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static ssize_t store_protocols(struct device *device,
>               return -EINVAL;
>       }
> 
> -     mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       old_protocols = *current_protocols;
>       new_protocols = old_protocols;
> @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static ssize_t store_protocols(struct device *device,
>       rc = len;
> 
>  out:
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
>       return rc;
>  }
> 
> @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ out:
>   * Bits of the filter value corresponding to set bits in the filter mask
> are * compared against input scancodes and non-matching scancodes are
> discarded. *
> - * dev->lock is taken to guard against races between store_filter and
> + * dev->mutex is taken to guard against races between store_filter and
>   * show_filter.
>   */
>  static ssize_t show_filter(struct device *device,
> @@ -571,12 +571,12 @@ static ssize_t show_filter(struct device *device,
>       else
>               filter = &dev->scancode_wakeup_filter;
> 
> -     mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
>       if (fattr->mask)
>               val = filter->mask;
>       else
>               val = filter->data;
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       return sprintf(buf, "%#x\n", val);
>  }
> @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static ssize_t show_filter(struct device *device,
>   * Bits of the filter value corresponding to set bits in the filter mask
> are * compared against input scancodes and non-matching scancodes are
> discarded. *
> - * dev->lock is taken to guard against races between store_filter and
> + * dev->mutex is taken to guard against races between store_filter and
>   * show_filter.
>   */
>  static ssize_t store_filter(struct device *device,
> @@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static ssize_t store_filter(struct device *device,
>       if (!set_filter)
>               return -EINVAL;
> 
> -     mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       new_filter = *filter;
>       if (fattr->mask)
> @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static ssize_t store_filter(struct device *device,
>       *filter = new_filter;
> 
>  unlock:
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
>       return (ret < 0) ? ret : len;
>  }
> 
> @@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static long rc_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
> cmd, unsigned long arg) struct rc_dev *dev = client->dev;
>       int ret;
> 
> -     ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->lock);
> +     ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mutex);
>       if (ret)
>               return ret;
> 
> @@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ static long rc_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
> cmd, unsigned long arg) ret = rc_do_ioctl(dev, cmd, arg);
> 
>  out:
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
>       return ret;
>  }
> 
> @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ struct rc_dev *rc_allocate_device(void)
>       mutex_init(&dev->txmutex);
>       init_waitqueue_head(&dev->txwait);
>       init_waitqueue_head(&dev->rxwait);
> -     mutex_init(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_init(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       dev->dev.type = &rc_dev_type;
>       dev->dev.class = &rc_class;
> @@ -1339,9 +1339,9 @@ void rc_unregister_device(struct rc_dev *dev)
>       if (!dev)
>               return;
> 
> -     mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
>       dev->dead = true;
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> +     mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
> 
>       spin_lock(&dev->client_lock);
>       list_for_each_entry(client, &dev->client_list, node)
> diff --git a/include/media/rc-core.h b/include/media/rc-core.h
> index 25c1d38..a310e5b 100644
> --- a/include/media/rc-core.h
> +++ b/include/media/rc-core.h
> @@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ enum rc_filter_type {
>   * @driver_name: name of the hardware driver which registered this device
>   * @map_name: name of the default keymap
>   * @rc_kt: current rc_keytable
> - * @lock: used to ensure we've filled in all protocol details before
> - *   anyone can call show_protocols or store_protocols
> + * @mutex: used where a more specific lock/mutex/etc is not available
>   * @dead: used to determine if the device is still alive
>   * @client_list: list of clients (processes which have opened the rc
> chardev) * @client_lock: protects client_list
> @@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ struct rc_dev {
>       const char                      *map_name;
>       struct rc_keytable              *keytables[RC_MAX_KEYTABLES];
>       struct list_head                keytable_list;
> -     struct mutex                    lock;
> +     struct mutex                    mutex;
>       bool                            dead;
>       struct list_head                client_list;
>       spinlock_t                      client_lock;
> 
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