linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] futex, doc: TO futexes document

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1609221534150.5599@nanos>
Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:51:41 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Waiman Long <waiman.long@....com>
cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Scott J Norton <scott.norton@....com>,
        Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] futex, doc: TO futexes document

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 09/22/2016 06:40 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, Waiman Long wrote:
> > > This patch adds a new document file on how to use the TO futexes.
> > Documentation is nice, but the proper place for documenting this is the
> > futex(2) man page.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 	tglx
> 
> Yes, I will certainly send patch to update the manpages after the new futex
> gets merged into the upstream kernel. Or should I do that in parallel?

It won't get merged w/o a patch to the manpage which is accepted by the man
page maintainer.

Thanks,

	tglx