Re: [PATCH v1] futex.2: Document FUTEX_LOCK_PI2

[Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>]

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Hi Alex,

On Thu Jul 29 2021, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
> Hi Kurt, Thomas,
>
> On 7/29/21 10:18 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 25 2021 at 12:10, Kurt Kanzenbach wrote:
>>> FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 is a new futex operation which was recently introduced into the
>>> Linux kernel. It works exactly like FUTEX_LOCK_PI. However, it has support for
>>> selectable clocks for timeouts. By default CLOCK_MONOTONIC is used. If
>>> FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME is specified then the timeout is measured against
>>> CLOCK_REALTIME.
>>>
>>> This new operation addresses an inconsistency in the futex interface:
>>> FUTEX_LOCK_PI only works with timeouts based on CLOCK_REALTIME in contrast to
>>> all the other PI operations.
>>>
>>> Document the FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 command.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>
>
> Sorry, I merged it and forgot to reply.  Patch applied (And a minor 
> inconsistency fixed: s/5.14.0/5.14/ ; All references to kernel 5 
> versions have 2 fields in the manual pages).  And some other minor fixes 
> too.

Sounds good. Thanks for fixing it up.

Thanks,
Kurt

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