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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 03/13] futex2: Implement vectorized wait
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André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com> writes:

> Add support to wait on multiple futexes. This is the interface
> implemented by this syscall:
>
> futex_waitv(struct futex_waitv *waiters, unsigned int nr_futexes,
> 	    unsigned int flags, struct timespec *timo)

Sorry for the second email in a row.  But, if futex_wake is just a
futex_wakev with nr_futexes == 1, why do we need two syscalls for that?
Why not only have futex_waitv?


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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi