From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Cc: Pierre.Peiffer@bull.net, mingo@elte.hu,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jean-pierre.dion@bull.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 4/4] sys_futex64 : allows 64bit futexes
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:31:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070315113136.b04ce342.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45F99A8B.4050003@redhat.com>
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:12:11 -0700 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Why do we want 64-bit futexes?
>
> I sent this to you already on 1/12/2007:
>
> http://udrepper.livejournal.com/13123.html
>
Well OK. But that doesn't actually explain why 64-bit mutexes are needed.
It just says they are required.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-15 19:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-13 9:52 [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 0/4] Futexes functionalities and improvements Pierre.Peiffer
2007-03-13 9:52 ` [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 1/4] futex priority based wakeup Pierre.Peiffer
2007-03-13 9:52 ` [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 2/4] Make futex_wait() use an hrtimer for timeout Pierre.Peiffer
2007-03-13 9:52 ` [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 3/4] futex_requeue_pi optimization Pierre.Peiffer
2007-03-16 10:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-20 15:32 ` Pierre Peiffer
2007-03-20 15:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-20 16:32 ` Pierre Peiffer
2007-03-13 9:52 ` [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 4/4] sys_futex64 : allows 64bit futexes Pierre.Peiffer
2007-03-15 19:07 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-15 19:12 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-03-15 19:31 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2007-03-15 19:37 ` Ulrich Drepper
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