Merge remote branch 'linus' into drm-intel-fixes

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index 878cab4f5fcc..f363bc8fdc74 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ struct mutex_waiter {
 # include <linux/mutex-debug.h>
 #else
 # define __DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname)
+/**
+ * mutex_init - initialize the mutex
+ * @mutex: the mutex to be initialized
+ *
+ * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state.
+ *
+ * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex.
+ */
 # define mutex_init(mutex) \
 do {                                                    \
         static struct lock_class_key __key;             \