Re: [PATCH] Add FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE futex op

[bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>]

On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 01:12:03AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > That said, NPTL can deal with any of these variants and the decision
> >  is up to Martin I think (assuming the base patch gets accepted, that is).
> 
> Well the race is real and does need a kernel fix, so I queued it up.  I
> guess if the new argument to sys_futex() breaks some architecture they can
> independently add a new syscall for it, or send a fix.  Mutter.
> 
> It's a bit of a shame that you need to be a rocket scientist to 
> understand the futex syscall interface.  Bert, are you still maintaining
> the manpage?  If so, is there enough info here to update it?

I'll spend some time with the manpage tomorrow. Some other comments have
been queued too and I'll process them. By that time, I'll hand over the
manpages to aeb.

Thanks for the heads up.

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