Messages in this thread |  | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Linux Kernel: down_timeout | Date | Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:54:35 +1000 |
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In message <200208151157327.SM00152@there> you write: > I'm no kernel guru, but this looks really useful. You > should probably send it to the linux-kernel list and to > Rusty Russel -- it would be a particularly useful extra > feature for his futexes.
Hi Rupert, That's Russell (two l's) 8)
> > Does anybody of you know why it hasnt been implemented in > > the kernel until now?
I think because it can be faked up with SIGALRM. And if that's too slow, you can use futexes which have this anyway.
Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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