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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Futex Generalization Patch
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In message <20020410211348.AB5E93FE06@smtp.linux.ibm.com> you write:
> --) There is more overhead in the wakeup and the wait because I need to
> move from the fd to the filestruct which is always some lookup and
> I have to verify that the file descriptor is actually a valid /dev/futex
> file (yikes).

Hmmm... verify on the FUTEX_AWAIT: you can maybe hold the struct file
directly (or maybe not).

> In FUTEX_AWAIT inteprest it as { short fd, short sig };
> There should be no limitation by casting it to shorts ?

No, that's bad. But I thought there was already a way to set what
signal occurred instead of SIGIO. Is that not per-fd?

Rusty.
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