Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] Add futex2 syscalls

Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-08T14:32:13Z

On Tue, 08 Jun 2021, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

>On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 01:13:30PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 02:03:50PM +0300, Andrey Semashev wrote:
>> So what's keeping the futex2 code from doing all that futex1 does so
>> that the futex1 code can be deleted internally?
>
>I'd much rather see it the other way around. Much of what futex2 does
>can already be done with the futex1 code-base. And then we can add
>features on top.

Yeah furthermore, how can futex2 be thought of replacing futex1 in the
future when the PI aspects haven't even been mentioned?

Thanks,
Davidlohr