Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:48:19AM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> > > +#define is_mutex_locked(mutex)   ((mutex)->state)
> > 
> > Let's keep the namespace consistent.  mutex_is_locked().
> 
> But that's a poor name: it turns it from a question into a statement:-(

Ah, but look at it in context of how it's used:

        if (is_mutex_locked())
That's gramatically incorrect!

        if (mutex_is_locked())
much better.