linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.19.1-rt15][RFC] - futex_requeue_pi implementation (requeue from futex1 to PI-futex2)

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Date:	Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:35:01 +0100
From:	Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@...l.net>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dinakar Guniguntala <dino@...ibm.com>,
	Jean-Pierre Dion <jean-pierre.dion@...l.net>,
	Sébastien Dugué 
	<sebastien.dugue@...l.net>, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19.1-rt15][RFC] - futex_requeue_pi implementation
 (requeue from futex1 to PI-futex2)

Ingo Molnar a écrit :
> 
> looks good to me in principle. The size of the patch is scary - is there 
> really no simpler way? 

Humf, in fact, for the 64-bit part, I've followed the rule of the existing 
64-bit code in futex.c, which consists of duplicating all the functions which 
can not be kept common, and add a suffix 64 to all duplicated functions.
Perhaps I missed something ?

> Also, could you send me a patch against a 
> 20-rc3-rt0-ish kernel so that i can stick this into -rt for testing?
> 
Ok, will do that.

Thanks,

-- 
Pierre Peiffer
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