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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Martin Wirth <Martin.Wirth@dlr.de>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Futexes IV (Fast Lightweight Userspace Semaphores)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:41:52 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1020313143751.4797A-100000@gatekeeper.tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C8F1801.6070107@dlr.de>

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Martin Wirth wrote:

> The normal way to use multithreading under UNIX is the pthread
> library. Here the condition variables are the equivalent to kernel
> wait queues. So I think to really implement a fast pthread lib based
> on futexes one needs some means to implement condition variables
> (with synchronous futex release to implement  pthread_cond_wait(..)!).

Let me mention this again... The IBM release of NGPT states that Linus has
approved the inclusion of the NGPT patches in the mainline kernel. Will
this be in 2.4.19 release? I've been running 2.4.17 for NGPT, haven't
tried 2.4.19 other than to see the patch didn't apply).

(NGPT = Next Generation Pthreads, a cleaner and faster POSIX threads)

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.


  reply	other threads:[~2002-03-13 19:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-13  9:12 [PATCH] Futexes IV (Fast Lightweight Userspace Semaphores) Martin Wirth
2002-03-13 19:41 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2002-03-13 19:52   ` Dave McCracken
2002-03-13 22:17     ` Bill Davidsen
2002-03-13 20:06   ` Alan Cox
2002-03-15  7:31 ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-15  8:41   ` Martin Wirth
2002-03-15 15:29     ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-15 16:23     ` Peter Wächtler
2002-03-16  0:12       ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-16 11:23         ` Martin Wirth
2002-03-18  0:52           ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-03-19  3:28             ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-19  4:05               ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-03-20  6:20                 ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-20 10:42                   ` Peter Wächtler
2002-03-20 17:20                     ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-03-19  8:34               ` Martin Wirth
2002-03-20  6:45                 ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-21  6:48                   ` Martin Wirth
2002-03-24 18:25                     ` Peter Wächtler
2002-03-25  2:28                       ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-25  4:46                         ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-25 11:56                           ` Peter Wächtler
2002-03-26  1:02                             ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-26  8:17                               ` Martin Wirth
2002-03-26 23:10                                 ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-27 21:05                                   ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-27 23:53                                     ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-25  9:47                         ` Peter Wächtler
2002-03-16 19:48         ` Peter Wächtler
2002-03-17  6:50         ` Rusty Russell
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-03-05  7:01 Rusty Russell
2002-03-05 22:39 ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-05 23:16   ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-05 23:26     ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-05 23:37       ` Peter Svensson
2002-03-05 23:50         ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-08  0:07       ` Richard Henderson
2002-03-06  1:46   ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-06  2:03     ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-08 18:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-08 19:03   ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-08 19:22     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-08 20:29       ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-08 20:48         ` Matthew Kirkwood
2002-03-08 21:02         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-08 23:15           ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-08 23:36             ` Alan Cox
2002-03-08 23:41             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-08 23:56               ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-09  2:12                 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-11 14:14                   ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-09  0:03               ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-09  1:15                 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-10 19:41                   ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-11 20:49                     ` Pavel Machek
2002-03-10 19:58                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-03-10 20:40                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-10 20:28                       ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-03-10 21:05                         ` Alan Cox
2002-03-13  7:40                   ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-13 16:37                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-12  9:35                 ` Helge Hafting
2002-03-08 20:40       ` Alan Cox
2002-03-08 20:57         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-08 23:43           ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-08 22:55         ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-08 23:38           ` Alan Cox
2002-03-08 23:44           ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-08 20:47       ` george anzinger
2002-03-08 23:02         ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-08 23:47           ` george anzinger
2002-03-09  1:11             ` Alan Cox
2002-03-09  1:20             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-09  4:49     ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-11 22:45       ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-11 23:12         ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-12  7:20         ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-12 14:56           ` Hubertus Franke
2002-03-13  4:02             ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-12 17:17           ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-13  2:57             ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-09  4:51 ` Rusty Russell

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