-Started by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
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+A description of what robust futexes are
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+:Started by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Background
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The patch adds two new syscalls: one to register the userspace list, and
-one to query the registered list pointer:
+one to query the registered list pointer::
asmlinkage long
sys_set_robust_list(struct robust_list_head __user *head,
robust and normal futexes.
If a futex is found to be held at exit time, the kernel sets the
-following bit of the futex word:
+following bit of the futex word::
#define FUTEX_OWNER_DIED 0x40000000
the cleanup.
Otherwise, robust futexes are acquired by glibc by putting the TID into
-the futex field atomically. Waiters set the FUTEX_WAITERS bit:
+the futex field atomically. Waiters set the FUTEX_WAITERS bit::
#define FUTEX_WAITERS 0x80000000