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[PATCH] Futex update.
authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Tue, 21 May 2002 04:36:42 +0000 (21:36 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@penguin.transmeta.com>
Tue, 21 May 2002 04:36:42 +0000 (21:36 -0700)
commitfacdecfa750f3459f94b5b60cfd73b676fced0df
tree37ecb4231335a96f81417c8ad696321cd439c7bb
parentda320c6398d48272a3e57e6727bea19963e5b0f1
[PATCH] Futex update.

This changes futex semantics to a simple "sleep if this address
equals this value" interface, which is more convenient for building
other primitives.  It also adds a timeout value.

Example library can be found at:
   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/futex-2.0.tar.gz
include/linux/futex.h
kernel/futex.c