Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 01:18:46 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: bert hubert <bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       drepper@redhat.com, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] schedule removal of FUTEX_FD
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On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:11:35 +0100
bert hubert <bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:23:12PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > Now, I realize with some dismay that simplicity is no longer a futex
> > > feature, but it might be worth considering?
> > 
> > Sure.  Perhaps we could accelerate the removal schedule if we want to do
> > this.  Let's see how many 2.6.19 users squeak first.
> 
> I must admit to never having used FUTEX_FD, but the idea of waiting on a
> FUTEX by way of epoll appealed to me. Should I resort to pipe tricks if I
> want that ability henceforth?
> 

I guess so.  Until the grand unified kernel event framework is done.
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