Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 4/4] sys_futex64 : allows 64bit futexes

Andrew Morton
2007-03-15T19:08:43Z

> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:52:07 +0100 Pierre.Peiffer@bull.net wrote:
> This last patch is an adaptation of the sys_futex64 syscall provided in -rt
> patch (originally written by Ingo). It allows the use of 64bit futex.
>
> I have re-worked most of the code to avoid the duplication of the code.
>
> It does not provide the functionality for all architectures (only for x64 for now).

What a lot of code.

Why do we want 64-bit futexes?