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-rw-r--r--kernel/semaphore.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/semaphore.c b/kernel/semaphore.c
index 60636a4e25c3..4567fc020fe3 100644
--- a/kernel/semaphore.c
+++ b/kernel/semaphore.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_killable);
* down_trylock - try to acquire the semaphore, without waiting
* @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
*
- * Try to acquire the semaphore atomically. Returns 0 if the mutex has
+ * Try to acquire the semaphore atomically. Returns 0 if the semaphore has
* been acquired successfully or 1 if it it cannot be acquired.
*
* NOTE: This return value is inverted from both spin_trylock and