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* Documentation/robust-futex-API: Count properly to 4Henrik Austad2013-11-301-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A strictly monotonically increasing sequence is normally used in numbered lists as they provide an intuitive ordering of the elements. However, in situations where race conditions can appear, this assumption breaks down and you can end up with unpredictable results, leading to a rather confusing list :-) This changes the numbered list 1,2,2,2 to the more intuitive 1,2,3,4. Introduced in: 2eec9ad91f71 [PATCH] lightweight robust futexes: docs Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad <henrik@austad.us> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1385590680-8110-1-git-send-email-henrik@austad.us Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
* futex: documentation: fix inconsistent description of futex list_op_pendingMatt Helsley2009-06-181-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Strictly speaking list_op_pending points to the 'lock entry', not the 'lock word' (which is actually at 'offset' from 'lock entry'). We can infer this based on reading the code in kernel/futex.c: struct robust_list __user *entry, *next_entry, *pending; ... if (fetch_robust_entry(&pending, &head->list_op_pending, &pip)) return; ... if (pending) handle_futex_death((void __user *)pending + futex_offset, curr, pip); Which is also consistent with the rest of the docs on robust futex lists. Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linuxtronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Fix typos in /Documentation : 'U-Z'Matt LaPlante2006-11-301-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some +words starting with the letters 'U-Z'. Looks like I made it through the alphabet...just in time to start over again +too! Maybe I can fit more profound fixes into the next round...? Time will +tell. :) Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] lightweight robust futexes updatesIngo Molnar2006-03-271-2/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - fix: initialize the robust list(s) to NULL in copy_process. - doc update - cleanup: rename _inuser to _inatomic - __user cleanups and other small cleanups Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] lightweight robust futexes: docsIngo Molnar2006-03-271-0/+184
Add robust-futex documentation. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>