linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 4/4] sys

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Message-Id: <20070315110752.f1df4509.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:07:52 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Pierre.Peiffer@...l.net
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, drepper@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jean-pierre.dion@...l.net, pierre.peiffer@...l.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 4/4] sys_futex64 : allows 64bit futexes

> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:52:07 +0100 Pierre.Peiffer@...l.net wrote:
> This last patch is an adaptation of the sys_futex64 syscall provided in -rt
> patch (originally written by Ingo). It allows the use of 64bit futex.
> 
> I have re-worked most of the code to avoid the duplication of the code.
> 
> It does not provide the functionality for all architectures (only for x64 for now).

What a lot of code.

Why do we want 64-bit futexes?
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