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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2006-03-27 04:16:27 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-27 11:44:49 -0500
commit8f17d3a5049d32392b79925c73a0cf99ce6d5af0 (patch)
tree3c2aa0cbe337684d353dd2cfb0c177b4ae15217c /Documentation
parent8fdd6c6df7889dc89df3d9fe0f5bbe6733e39f48 (diff)
[PATCH] lightweight robust futexes updates
- fix: initialize the robust list(s) to NULL in copy_process. - doc update - cleanup: rename _inuser to _inatomic - __user cleanups and other small cleanups Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/robust-futexes.txt2
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt b/Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt
index def5d8735286..8529a17ffaa1 100644
--- a/Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ On insertion:
142 of the 'lock word', to the linked list starting at 'head', and 142 of the 'lock word', to the linked list starting at 'head', and
143 4) clear the 'list_op_pending' word. 143 4) clear the 'list_op_pending' word.
144 144
145 XXX I am particularly unsure of the following -pj XXX
146
147On removal: 145On removal:
148 1) set the 'list_op_pending' word to the address of the 'lock word' 146 1) set the 'list_op_pending' word to the address of the 'lock word'
149 to be removed, 147 to be removed,
diff --git a/Documentation/robust-futexes.txt b/Documentation/robust-futexes.txt
index 7aecc67b1361..df82d75245a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/robust-futexes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/robust-futexes.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,6 @@ robust-mutex testcases.
213All other architectures should build just fine too - but they wont have 213All other architectures should build just fine too - but they wont have
214the new syscalls yet. 214the new syscalls yet.
215 215
216Architectures need to implement the new futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inuser() 216Architectures need to implement the new futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic()
217inline function before writing up the syscalls (that function returns 217inline function before writing up the syscalls (that function returns
218-ENOSYS right now). 218-ENOSYS right now).