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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index bc6da10..7a0e5c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ extern int __must_check mutex_lock_killable(struct mutex *lock);
/*
* NOTE: mutex_trylock() follows the spin_trylock() convention,
* not the down_trylock() convention!
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the mutex has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention.
*/
extern int mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock);
extern void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);
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