linux-kernel - [PATCH 2.6.20-rc4 0/4] futexes functionalities and improvements

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Date:	Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:15:40 +0100
From:	Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@...l.net>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Dinakar Guniguntala <dino@...ibm.com>,
	Jean-Pierre Dion <jean-pierre.dion@...l.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>,
	Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com>,
	Sébastien Dugué <sebastien.dugue@...l.net>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc4 0/4] futexes functionalities and improvements

Hi,

Today, there are several functionalities or improvements about futexes included
in -rt kernel tree, which, I think, it make sense to have in mainline.
Among them, there are:
	* futex use prio list : allow threads to be woken in priority order instead of
FIFO order.
	* futex_wait use hrtimer : allow the use of finer timer resolution.
	* futex_requeue_pi functionality : allow use of requeue optimisation for
PI-mutexes/PI-futexes.
	* futex64 syscall : allow use of 64-bit futexes instead of 32-bit.

The following mails provide the corresponding patches.

Comments, suggestions, feedback, etc are welcome, as usual.

-- 
Pierre Peiffer


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