From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: bert hubert <bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, drepper@redhat.com, mingo@elte.hu,
tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] schedule removal of FUTEX_FD
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 01:18:46 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061101011846.de35bd2a.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061101091135.GA22089@outpost.ds9a.nl>
On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:11:35 +0100
bert hubert <bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:23:12PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > Now, I realize with some dismay that simplicity is no longer a futex
> > > feature, but it might be worth considering?
> >
> > Sure. Perhaps we could accelerate the removal schedule if we want to do
> > this. Let's see how many 2.6.19 users squeak first.
>
> I must admit to never having used FUTEX_FD, but the idea of waiting on a
> FUTEX by way of epoll appealed to me. Should I resort to pipe tricks if I
> want that ability henceforth?
>
I guess so. Until the grand unified kernel event framework is done.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-01 9:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-31 23:09 [patch 1/1] schedule removal of FUTEX_FD akpm
2006-10-31 23:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-10-31 23:48 ` Alan Cox
2006-11-01 0:05 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-11-01 0:09 ` Andrew Morton
2006-11-01 1:19 ` Rusty Russell
2006-11-01 1:23 ` Andrew Morton
2006-11-01 9:11 ` bert hubert
2006-11-01 9:18 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-11-01 10:03 ` bert hubert
2006-11-01 10:19 ` Eric Dumazet
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