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SubjectRe: second, bigger problem with private futexes
Ulrich Drepper a écrit :
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> This one is a big problem:
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> If I understand the code correctly, a FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE from a private
> futex will add the waiters to the other futex as a private futex. And
> similarly for shared.
>
> I.e., it is not possible to have one futex private and the other shared.
> This is a huge problem. The shared/private status of a conditional
> variable and the mutex used with it don't have to match. But this is
> where FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE is used.
>
> If this is not changed (assuming I'm right with my analysis of the
> kernel code) this means mutexes and condvars will not be able to use
> private futexes.

Do you mean POSIX allowed to mix PROCESS_PRIVATE and PROCESS_SHARED condvar
and mutexes ? Seems silly to me :(

>
> What would be needed is an additional parameter for FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE
> and FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI which specifies the state (shared/private) of
> the target futex. The original futex' state is encoded in the command
> (the FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG ORed to FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE*).
>

Well, I guess it should be easy to add this if really necessary.


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