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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Futex Asynchronous Interface 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Jun 2002 00:10:19 GMT."
             <20020602001018.A35@toy.ucw.cz> 
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:57:56 +1000
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In message <20020602001018.A35@toy.ucw.cz> you write:
> Hi!
> 
> > Name: Waker can unpin page, rather than waiting process
> > Author: Rusty Russell
> > Status: Tested in 2.5.20
> > Depends: Futex/copy-from-user.patch.gz Futex/unpin-page-fix.patch.gz
> > Depends: Futex/waitq.patch.gz
> > 
> > D: This changes the implementation so that the waker actually unpins
> > D: the page.  This is preparation for the async interface, where the
> > D: process which registered interest is not in the kernel.
> 
> What is it? Nice header, did you generate it by hand?

It's a format I made up for all the patches on my web page.  Most
important is the Depends: line which my patch scripts can deal with
quite nicely: see my kernel.org page.

Down with Bit Keeper! Long live patch! 8)
Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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