linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] futex: Split key setup from key queue locking and read

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Date:   Thu, 1 Aug 2019 01:33:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
cc:     mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, dvhart@...radead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] futex: Split key setup from key queue locking
 and read

On Tue, 30 Jul 2019, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:

> split the futex key setup from the queue locking and key reading.  This
> is useful to support the setup of multiple keys at the same time, like
> what is done in futex_requeue() and what will be done for the

What has this to do with futex_requeue()? Absolutely nothing unleass you
can reused that code there, which I doubt.

Thanks,

	tglx