| Date | Thu, 15 May 2014 11:40:06 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: futex(2) man page update help request |
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On Thu, 15 May 2014 17:28:35 +0200 chrubis@suse.cz wrote:
> Hi! > > > > However, unless I'm sorely mistaken, the larger problem is that glibc > > removed the futex() call entirely, so these man pages don't describe > > something users even have access to anymore. I had to revert to calling > > the syscalls directly in the futextest test suite because of this: > > > > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dvhart/futextest.git/tree/inclu > > So there actually exists some tests for futexes, I've been asked if we > have these as a LTP[1] maintainer several times. > > Are these tests executed regulary as a part of some automated framework? > If not it would make sense to port them to LTP (looking at the code that > would be quite easy task) and get them executed by several QA > departments for free. What do you think? > > [1] http://linux-test-project.github.io/ >
I think Thomas may be working on one. If not, I'd be happy to start writing one as well.
-- Steve
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