From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: futex(2) man page update help request
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 17:41:02 -0700
Message-ID: <53740D1E.6060609@zytor.com>
References: <537346E5.4050407@gmail.com> <CF98E3EF.90564%dvhart@linux.intel.com> <CAKgNAkh+PWzT2SByaLk_OtiAXeZSkWoMgu+ivDOt1dTWVtaatQ@mail.gmail.com> <1400100977.3865.30.camel@buesod1.americas.hpqcorp.net> <53740A30.20807@zytor.com> <CALCETrXzMiS9DwvmZn++wg0x6v-ZR0YP9fAdco4PRST=nTY4nQ@mail.gmail.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Return-path: <linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrXzMiS9DwvmZn++wg0x6v-ZR0YP9fAdco4PRST=nTY4nQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto-kltTT9wpgjJwATOyAt5JVQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>, Michael Kerrisk-manpages <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>, Darren Hart <dvhart-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>, "linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" <linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>, lkml <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>, Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt-nx8X9YLhiw1AfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>, Linux API <linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>, Carlos O'Donell <carlos-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org

On 05/14/2014 05:35 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>
>> More fundamentally, futex(2), like clone(2), are things that can be
>> legitimately by user space without automatically breaking all of glibc.
> 
> I'm lost -- I think the missing verb is important :)
> 

... legitimately *used* by user space ...

As in you can use it to implement your own, non-POSIX, synchronization
primitives.

	-hpa

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in
the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html