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* Is it possible to have a robust futex outside of a mutex?
@ 2007-10-04 14:14 Gilles Carry
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From: Gilles Carry @ 2007-10-04 14:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,

Is there is any way to use a robust futex without an associated mutex?
In the kernel, exit_robust_list only handles futexes associated with a mutex (through futex_offset).
Implementation of pthread_cond_xxx (broadcast, wait, ...) functions uses several futexes (lll_lock) in glibc which cannot be handled as robust.
However a thread locking one of these internal futexes can be killed while there are other waiters.
Am I right?

Thanks.
G+

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