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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Actually a PS to this while I think about it. spin_locks and mutex type
locks could both do with a macro for

	call_locked(&lock, foo(a,b,c,d))

to cut down on all the error path forgot to release a lock type errors.