mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Roger Gammans <roger@computer-surgery.co.uk>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Cc: "Hu, Boris" <boris.hu@intel.com>,
	"Linux Kernel ML (E-mail)" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"NPTL list (E-mail)" <phil-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: problem about CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID ?
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:22:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021211162255.B12861@computer-surgery.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DF63A0C.6010708@redhat.com>; from drepper@redhat.com on Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:01:32AM -0800

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 819 bytes --]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:01:32AM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Hu, Boris wrote:
> 
> >  I have searched CLONE_PARENT_SETTID in kernel, it seems only to appear in 
> > some non-architecture files, such as /include/linux/sched.h and several arch
> [snip]
> the kernel.  Nobody cared for Arm so far so there obviously is no kernel
> support.

Unless Russell has changed his mind recently,[1] use of SWP in userspace code 
isn't supported.
I suppose this is less of a concern if futex's work on ARM though.

But you'll need some userspace synchronisation primitive to do useful work 
with threads.

TTFN
[1]	And I haven't been following linux-arm recently.
-- 
Roger.
Master of Peng Shui.  (Ancient oriental art of Penguin Arranging)
GPG Key FPR: CFF1 F383 F854 4E6A 918D  5CFF A90D E73B 88DE 0B3E

[-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 232 bytes --]

      reply	other threads:[~2002-12-11 16:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-10 18:49 Hu, Boris
2002-12-10 19:01 ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-12-11 16:22   ` Roger Gammans [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20021211162255.B12861@computer-surgery.co.uk \
    --to=roger@computer-surgery.co.uk \
    --cc=boris.hu@intel.com \
    --cc=drepper@redhat.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=phil-list@redhat.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

Powered by JetHome