Re: [PATCH RT] fix faulting bomb in futex_unlock_pi64

[Ulrich Drepper]

On 5/30/07, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But, the -rt kernel has pretty much the same code for the
> futex_unlock_pi64, and it has the same bug.

Why would you use futex_unlock_pi64?

In fact, the whole 64-bit futex patch should be reviewed and cut down
to the bare minimum. I know, I was asking for it loudly but it became
to Jakub and me after adding the private futexes that all these
orthogonal extensions don't make sense.  So far we need 64-bit futexes
only for some rwlocks and here only a few operations (wait, wake).  We
don't need 64-bit extended to PI, we don't need requeue.

Yes, if we had started out with 64-bit futexes on 64-bit platforms,
that would be fine.  But as it is today making 64-bit a new dimension
is not needed.
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