linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf-bench/futex: Fix hung wakeup tasks after requeueing

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Message-ID: <553A826C.8070504@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:50:36 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf-bench/futex: Fix hung wakeup tasks after requeueing

On 4/24/15 11:00 AM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> This bug, while perhaps suggesting missing wakeups in kernel futex
> code, is merely a consequence of the crappy FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE man
> page, incorrectly mentioning that the number of requeued tasks is
> in fact returned, not the wakeups. This patch acknowledges this
> and updates the corresponding futex_wake code around it.

Did you submit an update to fix the crappy man page?
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