* Futex
@ 2003-10-06 7:22 Frederick, Fabian
2003-10-06 7:50 ` Futex bert hubert
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From: Frederick, Fabian @ 2003-10-06 7:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux-Kernel (E-mail)
Hi,
Why don't we have any futex doc included ?
Nothing about futexfs nor userspace futex usage ....
Regards,
Fabian
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* Re: Futex
2003-10-06 7:22 Futex Frederick, Fabian
@ 2003-10-06 7:50 ` bert hubert
2003-10-06 15:08 ` Futex Chris Friesen
2003-10-06 17:12 ` Futex Jamie Lokier
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From: bert hubert @ 2003-10-06 7:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Frederick, Fabian; +Cc: Linux-Kernel (E-mail)
On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 09:22:19AM +0200, Frederick, Fabian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Why don't we have any futex doc included ?
> Nothing about futexfs nor userspace futex usage ....
http://ds9a.nl/futex-manpages/
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* Re: Futex
2003-10-06 7:50 ` Futex bert hubert
@ 2003-10-06 15:08 ` Chris Friesen
2003-10-06 17:12 ` Futex Jamie Lokier
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From: Chris Friesen @ 2003-10-06 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bert hubert; +Cc: Frederick, Fabian, Linux-Kernel (E-mail)
bert hubert wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 09:22:19AM +0200, Frederick, Fabian wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>> Why don't we have any futex doc included ?
>>Nothing about futexfs nor userspace futex usage ....
>>
>
> http://ds9a.nl/futex-manpages/
Just a note: the library mentioned needs a patch to compile on the
latest kernel (mostly just to handle the additional parm in the futex
syscall). I've sent it to Rusty for the next version.
Chris
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* Re: Futex
2003-10-06 7:50 ` Futex bert hubert
2003-10-06 15:08 ` Futex Chris Friesen
@ 2003-10-06 17:12 ` Jamie Lokier
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From: Jamie Lokier @ 2003-10-06 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bert hubert, Frederick, Fabian, Linux-Kernel (E-mail)
bert hubert wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 09:22:19AM +0200, Frederick, Fabian wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Why don't we have any futex doc included ?
> > Nothing about futexfs nor userspace futex usage ....
>
> http://ds9a.nl/futex-manpages/
Those docs are a little out of date and incomplete, though.
There's no mention of FUTEX_REQUEUE, and no mention of the important
token-passing property: that the value returned from FUTEX_WAKE is
equal to the number of calls which return 0 from FUTEX_WAIT.
(Only when FUTEX_FD is not used; FUTEX_FD is broken with respect to
token passing at the moment).
-- Jamie
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* RE: Futex
@ 2003-10-07 7:56 Frederick, Fabian
2003-10-07 8:15 ` Futex Jamie Lokier
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From: Frederick, Fabian @ 2003-10-07 7:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jamie Lokier, bert hubert, Linux-Kernel (E-mail)
Well, as part of the kernel, I guess we could add an updated ascii version.
Regards,
Fabian
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Envoyé : lundi 6 octobre 2003 19:12
À : bert hubert; Frederick, Fabian; Linux-Kernel (E-mail)
Objet : Re: Futex
bert hubert wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 09:22:19AM +0200, Frederick, Fabian wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Why don't we have any futex doc included ?
> > Nothing about futexfs nor userspace futex usage ....
>
> http://ds9a.nl/futex-manpages/
Those docs are a little out of date and incomplete, though.
There's no mention of FUTEX_REQUEUE, and no mention of the important
token-passing property: that the value returned from FUTEX_WAKE is
equal to the number of calls which return 0 from FUTEX_WAIT.
(Only when FUTEX_FD is not used; FUTEX_FD is broken with respect to
token passing at the moment).
-- Jamie
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* Re: Futex
2003-10-07 7:56 Futex Frederick, Fabian
@ 2003-10-07 8:15 ` Jamie Lokier
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jamie Lokier @ 2003-10-07 8:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Frederick, Fabian; +Cc: bert hubert, Linux-Kernel (E-mail)
Frederick, Fabian wrote:
> Well, as part of the kernel, I guess we could add an updated ascii version.
I agree. It does not need to be large; it can cover just the
essential points, and doesn't need to describe the library interface
other than by reference.
Congratulations! You're volunteered! :)
-- Jamie
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