Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:08:35 -0800 | | From | Ulrich Drepper <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.19.1-rt15][RFC] - futex_requeue_pi implementation (requeue from futex1 to PI-futex2) |
Pierre Peiffer wrote:
> But, just for information, what is the sys_futex64 for, exactly ? Is
> there a plan to have in the future a 64-bit PID ?
This has nothing to do with PIDs. We need 64-bit values for more
complex bit fields which can then be stored in the futex. One example
is a new, much faster rwlock implementation. These are not practical
without 64-bit futexes. This is why I asked Ingo to add the code.
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