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diff --git a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt index cbf79881a41c..51f935191ae5 100644 --- a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ of advantages of mutexes: * - task may not exit with mutex held * - memory areas where held locks reside must not be freed * - held mutexes must not be reinitialized - * - mutexes may not be used in irq contexts + * - mutexes may not be used in hardware or software interrupt + * contexts such as tasklets and timers furthermore, there are also convenience features in the debugging code: |