From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Rupert Eibauer <Rupert@ces.ch>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Linux Kernel: down_timeout
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:54:35 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020818192948.78EA62C12F@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:57:17 +0200." <200208151157327.SM00152@there>
In message <200208151157327.SM00152@there> you write:
> I'm no kernel guru, but this looks really useful. You
> should probably send it to the linux-kernel list and to
> Rusty Russel -- it would be a particularly useful extra
> feature for his futexes.
Hi Rupert,
That's Russell (two l's) 8)
> > Does anybody of you know why it hasnt been implemented in
> > the kernel until now?
I think because it can be faked up with SIGALRM. And if that's too
slow, you can use futexes which have this anyway.
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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2002-08-15 9:57 Rupert Eibauer
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