Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Sep 2003 05:57:54 -0400 (EDT) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2] Little fixes to previous futex patch |
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Why do you say the order doesn't matter? If you change the order in > FUTEX_WAIT & FUTEX_WAKE, then "fair" operations aren't fair any more.
hm, indeed, the ordering of wake-one/wake-few wakeups would be impacted.
> Is there a reason why FUTEX_REQUEUE is exempt from this?
no, you are right - FIFO queueing must be preserved there too.
Ingo
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