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futex.2: Clarify which operations were available as at Linux 2.6.0
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.I op
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is one of the following:
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.TP
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.B FUTEX_WAIT
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.BR FUTEX_WAIT " (since Linux 2.6.0)"
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.\" Strictly speaking, since some time in 2.5.x
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This operation atomically verifies that the futex address
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.I uaddr
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still contains the value
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.\" FIXME TO complete
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[As yet undocumented]
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.TP
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.B FUTEX_WAKE
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.BR FUTEX_WAKE " (since Linux 2.6.0)"
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.\" Strictly speaking, since Linux 2.5.x
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This operation wakes at most \fIval\fP
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processes waiting on this futex address (i.e., inside
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.BR FUTEX_WAIT ).
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.\" FIXME to complete
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[As yet undocumented]
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.TP
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.BR FUTEX_FD " (present up to and including Linux 2.6.25)"
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.BR FUTEX_FD " (from Linux 2.6.0 up to and including Linux 2.6.25)"
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.\" Strictly speaking, from Linux 2.5.x to 2.6.25
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To support asynchronous wakeups, this operation associates a file descriptor
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with a futex.
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.\" , suitable for .BR poll (2).
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.B FUTEX_FD
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has been removed from Linux 2.6.26 onward.
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.TP
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.BR FUTEX_REQUEUE " (since Linux 2.5.70)"
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.BR FUTEX_REQUEUE " (since Linux 2.6.0)"
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.\" Strictly speaking: from Linux 2.5.70
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This operation was introduced in order to avoid a "thundering herd" effect
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when
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.B FUTEX_WAKE
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@ -453,6 +457,9 @@ was not equal to the expected value
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at the time of the call.
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.SH VERSIONS
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.PP
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Futexes were first made available in a stable kernel release
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with Linux 2.6.0.
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Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
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from what was described above.
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A 4-argument system call with the semantics
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