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Subject: Re: futex: Allow FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME with FUTEX_WAIT op
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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On 06/24/2016 11:52 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2016, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> By the way, I just realized something that wasn't initially obvious
>> to me, and documented it in the futex(2) man page:
>>
>>               Note:  for  FUTEX_WAIT,  timeout is interpreted as a
>>               relative value.  This differs from other futex oper‐
>>               ations,  where timeout is interpreted as an absolute
>>               value.  To obtain the equivalent of FUTEX_WAIT  with
>>               an  absolute  timeout, employ FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET with
>>               val3 specified as FUTEX_BITSET_MATCH_ANY.
>>
>> Okay?
>
> Yes.

Thanks, Thomas.

Cheers,

Michael



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