| Date | Wed, 14 May 2014 17:41:02 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: futex(2) man page update help request |
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On 05/14/2014 05:35 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> >> More fundamentally, futex(2), like clone(2), are things that can be >> legitimately by user space without automatically breaking all of glibc. > > I'm lost -- I think the missing verb is important :) >
... legitimately *used* by user space ...
As in you can use it to implement your own, non-POSIX, synchronization primitives.
-hpa
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