linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Removal of FUTEX

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Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:31:34 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Removal of FUTEX_FD (and related code)

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Rusty Russell wrote:
> From: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:40:46 +0100
> 
> hi,
> 
> since FUTEX_FD was scheduled for removal in June 2007 lets remove it.
> Google Code search found no users for it and NGPT was abandoned in 2003
> according to IBM. futex.h is left untouched to make sure the id does
> not get reassigned. Since queue_me() has no users left it is commented
> out to avoid a warning, i didnt remove it completely since it is part
> of the internal api (matching unqueue_me())
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> (removed rest)

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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