Re: [PATCH RESEND] vgacon: remember scrollback buffer on console switch

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:43:01 +0200 Marcin Slusarz [off-list ref] wrote:

PS: why DECLARE_MUTEX _defines_ _semaphore_?

The kernel gets definition-vs-declaration confused in several places.

there are only 8 uses of this
macro so it's not a big problem to rename it to e.g. DEFINE_SEMAPHORE (I can
provide a patch)

I'd say that s/declare/define/ at such a late stage in the semaphore's
lifetime would be of dubious value.  But getting "MUTEX" out of that
macro's name would be a very good thing - it's a bad overlap with struct
mutex.  Send patch :)