* Re: Aw: Re: Revised futex(2) man page for review
[not found] <trinity-4b369924-3445-4e0e-a00e-95d87f708bd5-1438062240689@msvc-mesg-gmx003>
@ 2015-07-28 6:50 ` Davidlohr Bueso
0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Davidlohr Bueso @ 2015-07-28 6:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Heinrich Schuchardt
Cc: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages),
Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Darren Hart,
Carlos O'Donell, Ingo Molnar, Jakub Jelinek, linux-man, lkml,
Arnd Bergmann, Steven Rostedt, Linux API, Torvald Riegel,
Roland McGrath, Darren Hart, Anton Blanchard, Eric Dumazet,
bill o gallmeister, Jan Kiszka, Daniel Wagner, Rich Felker,
Andy Lutomirski, bert hubert, Rusty Russell
On Tue, 2015-07-28 at 07:44 +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> Hello David,
>
> >> A futex is in essence a 32-bit user-space address.
> I know what a 32 bit integer is.
> I am not aware of 32 bit addresses on my 64 bit operating system.
Well I am referring to in the context of a user-space address, such as a
32-bit lock ('int'), but yes, my text is misleading. In fact we
obviously need to cast to the word size for doing gup_fast, among other
tasks.
Thanks,
Davidlohr
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] only message in thread
only message in thread, other threads:[~2015-07-28 6:50 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
[not found] <trinity-4b369924-3445-4e0e-a00e-95d87f708bd5-1438062240689@msvc-mesg-gmx003>
2015-07-28 6:50 ` Aw: Re: Revised futex(2) man page for review Davidlohr Bueso
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®