In the new Linux kernel, init_mutex has been abolished, and the new version uses the sema_init function. I checked the definitions of earlier versions:
Platform: x86 32-bit
Kernel: 2.6.30
Definition:
Linux/include/Linux/semaphore. H 1/* 2 * copyright (c) 2008 Intel Corporation 3 * Author: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> 4*5 * distributed under the terms of the gnu gpl, version 2 6*7 * Please see kernel/semaphore. c For documentation of these functions 8 */9 # ifndef _ linux_semaphore_h 10 # DEFINE _ linux_semaphore_h 11 12 # include <Linux/list. h> 13 # include <Linux/spinlock. h> 14 15/* Please don't access any members of this structure directly */16 struct semaphore {17 spinlock_t lock; 18 unsigned int count; 19 struct list_head wait_list; 20 }; 21 22 # DEFINE _ semaphore_initializer (name, n) \ 23 {\ 24. lock = _ spin_lock_unlocked (name ). lock), \ 25. count = N, \ 26. wait_list = list_head_init (name ). wait_list), \ 27} 28 29 # define declare_mutex (name) \ 30 struct semaphore name = _ semaphore_initializer (name, 1) 31 32 static inline void sema_init (struct semaphore * SEM, int Val) 33 {34 static struct lock_class_key _ key; 35 * SEM = (struct semaphore) _ semaphore_initializer (* SEM, Val); 36 lockdep_init_map (& SEM-> lock. dep_map, "semaphore-> lock", & __ key, 0); 37} 38 39 # define init_mutex (SEM) sema_init (SEM, 1) // In the latest version, none of the two macros define 40 # define init_mutex_locked (SEM) sema_init (SEM, 0) 41 42 extern void down (struct semaphore * SEM ); 43 extern int _ must_check down_interruptible (struct semaphore * SEM); 44 extern int _ must_check down_killable (struct semaphore * SEM ); 45 extern int _ must_check down_trylock (struct semaphore * SEM); 46 extern int _ must_check down_timeout (struct semaphore * SEM, long jiffies ); 47 extern void up (struct semaphore * SEM); 48 49 # endif/* _ linux_semaphore_h */50
Note: The init_mutex () function initializes the semaphores as mutex. Mutex is a special case of semaphores. It can prevent data from being read and written by two different systems.
Sema_init (SEM, 1) is defined:
Platform: x86 32-bit
Kernel: 3.0.xx
Definition:
Linux/include/linux/semaphore.h 1 /* 2 * Copyright (c) 2008 Intel Corporation 3 * Author: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> 4 * 5 * Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 6 * 7 * Please see kernel/semaphore.c for documentation of these functions 8 */ 9 #ifndef __LINUX_SEMAPHORE_H 10 #define __LINUX_SEMAPHORE_H 11 12 #include <linux/list.h> 13 #include <linux/spinlock.h> 14 15 /* Please don't access any members of this structure directly */ 16 struct semaphore { 17 spinlock_t lock; 18 unsigned int count; 19 struct list_head wait_list; 20 }; 21 22 #define __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, n) \ 23 { \ 24 .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED((name).lock), \ 25 .count = n, \ 26 .wait_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT((name).wait_list), \ 27 } 28 29 #define DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(name) \ 30 struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, 1) 31 32 static inline void sema_init(struct semaphore *sem, int val) 33 { 34 static struct lock_class_key __key; 35 *sem = (struct semaphore) __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(*sem, val); 36 lockdep_init_map(&sem->lock.dep_map, "semaphore->lock", &__key, 0); 37 } 38 39 extern void down(struct semaphore *sem); 40 extern int __must_check down_interruptible(struct semaphore *sem); 41 extern int __must_check down_killable(struct semaphore *sem); 42 extern int __must_check down_trylock(struct semaphore *sem); 43 extern int __must_check down_timeout(struct semaphore *sem, long jiffies); 44 extern void up(struct semaphore *sem); 45 46 #endif /* __LINUX_SEMAPHORE_H */ 47