linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] prctl: Add documentation for PR_FUTEX

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Message-ID: <20250526155539.gpxfT3pS@linutronix.de>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 17:55:39 +0200
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-man@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
	Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] prctl: Add documentation for PR_FUTEX_HASH

On 2025-05-22 14:22:15 [+0200], Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
Hi Alejandro,

…
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/man/man2const/PR_FUTEX_HASH.2const
…
> > +number of CPUs in the system.
> > +Since the mapping from the provided
> > +.I uaddr
> 
> This is the only reference in the entire page, and is also not mentioned
> in prctl(2).  I guess it refers to the one passed to futex(2), but I
> think that should be mentioned.

I reworded the sentence and hopefully improved it. And yes, it refers to
the argument passed to futex(2).

Sebastian