linux-kernel - Re: Next round: revised futex(2) man page for review

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:44:16 +0200
From:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	Torvald Riegel <triegel@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: Next round: revised futex(2) man page for review

On 07/27/2015 04:17 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> instruction. A thread maybe unable
> 
> to << missing word
> 
> acquire a lock because it is
> already acquired by another thread. It then may pass the lock's
> flag as futex word and the value representing the acquired state
> as the expected value to a futex() wait operation.

Thanks, Heinrich. Fixed.

Cheers,

Michael




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