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From: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
	Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/23] futex.2: Document FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:14:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wnovxcev.fsf@kurt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8560b628-c57e-eff6-ee59-34ac12d2b74d@gmail.com>

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Hi Michael,

On Mon Aug 09 2021, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> +.IP
>> +If
>> +.I timeout
>> +is not NULL, the structure it points to specifies
>> +an absolute timeout.
>> +If
>> +.I timeout
>> +is NULL, the operation can block indefinitely.
>
> The above is the same as FUTEX_LOCK_PI, right? So, it
> probably doesn't need repeating.
>
> I've reworked this description to be:
>
>        FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 (since Linux 5.14)
>               This operation is the same as FUTEX_LOCK_PI, except that
>               the clock against which timeout is measured is selectable.
>               By default, the (absolute) timeout specified in timeout is
>               measured againt the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clock, but if the
>               FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME flag is specified in futex_op, then
>               the timeout is measured against the CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
>
> Is it okay?

Sounds good.

Thanks,
Kurt

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-09  8:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-08  8:41 [PATCH 00/23] More patches from others Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 01/23] pipe.7: also mention writev(2) in atomicity section Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 13:20   ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-08 20:06     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 02/23] sigaction.2: Document SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS and the flag support detection protocol Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-09  0:29   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 03/23] sigaction.2: Apply minor tweaks to Peter's patch Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-09  0:34   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-09  6:36     ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 04/23] namespaces.7: ffix Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:08   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 05/23] unix.7: tfix Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:23   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 06/23] futex.2: Document FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-09  0:06   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-09  8:14     ` Kurt Kanzenbach [this message]
2021-08-09  9:01       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 07/23] futex.2: Minor tweaks to Kurt's patch Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-09  0:05   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 08/23] man2: new page describing memfd_secret() system call Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-09  2:00   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-10  8:53     ` Mike Rapoport
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 09/23] termios.3: Document missing baudrate constants Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:30   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 10/23] getopt.3: Further clarification of optstring Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 22:11   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-09  6:40     ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 11/23] getopt.3: Minor tweak to James's patch Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 22:12   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 12/23] termios.3: Use bold style for Bnn and EXTn macro constants Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:31   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 13/23] ioctl_tty.2: Document ioctls: TCGETS2, TCSETS2, TCSETSW2, TCSETSF2 Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:37   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08 20:56   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08 21:15     ` Pali Rohár
2021-08-08 21:30       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-10 19:11     ` Pali Rohár
2021-08-10 20:40       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 14/23] ioctl_tty.2: Update DTR example Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:12   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 15/23] termios.3: Add information how to set baud rate to any other value Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:34   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 16/23] man-pages.7: wfix Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:09   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-10-17 19:42   ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 17/23] termios.3: ffix Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:35   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 18/23] termios.3: SPARC architecture has 4 different Bnnn constants Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:36   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 19/23] regex.3: wfix Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:11   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 20/23] mount_setattr.2: New manual page documenting the mount_setattr() system call Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-10  1:34   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 21/23] mount_setattr.2: Minor tweaks to Chirstian's patch Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-10  1:35   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 22/23] ldd.1: Fix example command Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 22:32   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08  8:41 ` [PATCH 23/23] close_range.2: Glibc added a wrapper recently Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-08 20:58   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-10  1:39 ` [PATCH 00/23] More patches from others Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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