From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946750AbWKAKDK (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2006 05:03:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946751AbWKAKDK (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2006 05:03:10 -0500 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:13968 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946750AbWKAKDJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2006 05:03:09 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:03:07 +0100 From: bert hubert To: Andrew Morton Cc: Rusty Russell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, drepper@redhat.com, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] schedule removal of FUTEX_FD Message-ID: <20061101100307.GA23629@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Andrew Morton , Rusty Russell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, drepper@redhat.com, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de References: <200610312309.k9VN9mco015260@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <1162343945.14769.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061031172312.79748be5.akpm@osdl.org> <20061101091135.GA22089@outpost.ds9a.nl> <20061101011846.de35bd2a.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061101011846.de35bd2a.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 01:18:46AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > 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. It might be polite to not entirely remove FUTEX_FD until said 'GUKE' framework is done. Bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://netherlabs.nl Open and Closed source services