linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] futex null pointer timeout

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Date:	Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:51:54 +0100
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, khilman@...sta.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] futex null pointer timeout

On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 16:25 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote:
> The patch reworks do_futex, and futex_wait* so a NULL pointer in the timeout
> position is infinite, and anything else is evaluated as a real timeout.
> 
> Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>

Ack.

	tglx


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