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Subject: Re: Revised futex(2) man page for review
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On 03/31/2015 03:48 AM, Rusty Russell wrote:
> "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> writes:
>> When executing a futex operation that requests to block a thread,
>> the kernel will only block if the futex word has the value that the
>> calling thread supplied as expected value.
>> The load from the futex word, the comparison with
>> the expected value,
>> and the actual blocking will happen atomically and totally
>> ordered with respect to concurrently executing futex operations
>> on the same futex word,
>> such as operations that wake threads blocked on this futex word.
>> Thus, the futex word is used to connect the synchronization in user spac
> 
> Missing 'e' in "space".

Already fixed.

>> .\" FIXME Please confirm that the following is correct:
>> No guarantee is provided about which waiters are awoken
>> (e.g., a waiter with a higher scheduling priority is not guaranteed
>> to be awoken in preference to a waiter with a lower priority).
> 
> This is true.

Thanks! FIXME removed.

Cheers,

Michael


> I didn't read the rest, as that stuff was all written by others.
> Documenting them is pretty heroic; good job!
> 
> Thanks,
> Rusty.
> 


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