From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263365AbUEXI1M (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 04:27:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264117AbUEXI1M (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 04:27:12 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:25750 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263365AbUEXI1L (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 04:27:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 10:27:09 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Andrew Morton Cc: Jakub Jelinek , arnd@arndb.de, drepper@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE futex op Message-ID: <20040524082709.GA3728@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Andrew Morton , Jakub Jelinek , arnd@arndb.de, drepper@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com References: <20040520093817.GX30909@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20040520233639.126125ef.akpm@osdl.org> <20040521074358.GG30909@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <200405221858.44752.arnd@arndb.de> <20040524073407.GC4736@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20040524011203.3be81d0a.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040524011203.3be81d0a.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 01:12:03AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Jakub Jelinek wrote: > > > > That said, NPTL can deal with any of these variants and the decision > > is up to Martin I think (assuming the base patch gets accepted, that is). > > Well the race is real and does need a kernel fix, so I queued it up. I > guess if the new argument to sys_futex() breaks some architecture they can > independently add a new syscall for it, or send a fix. Mutter. > > It's a bit of a shame that you need to be a rocket scientist to > understand the futex syscall interface. Bert, are you still maintaining > the manpage? If so, is there enough info here to update it? I'll spend some time with the manpage tomorrow. Some other comments have been queued too and I'll process them. By that time, I'll hand over the manpages to aeb. Thanks for the heads up. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO