linux-kernel - Re: futex: Allow FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME with FUTEX

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1606231925420.5839@nanos>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:26:52 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
cc:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Matthieu CASTET <matthieu.castet@...rot.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Subject: Re: futex: Allow FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME with FUTEX_WAIT op

On Thu, 23 Jun 2016, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 03:40:36PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> In my opinion, we should treat the timeout value as relative for FUTEX_WAIT
> regardless of the CLOCK used.

Which requires even more changes as you have to select which clock you are
using for adding the base time.
 
Thanks,

	tglx