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futex.2: srcfix: FIXME 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-01-16 16:15:13 +01:00
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@ -710,6 +710,10 @@ for the implementation of very specific IPC mechanisms).
.\" to pi or op pairing semantics are violated."
.\" Probably there needs to be a general statement about this
.\" requirement, probably located at about this point in the page.
.\"
.\" FIXME Somewhere on this page (I guess under the discussion of PI
.\" futexes) we need a discussion of the FUTEX_OWNER_DIED bit.
.\" Can someone propose a text?
PI futexes are operated on by specifying one of the following values in
.IR futex_op :
@ -785,21 +789,6 @@ The
and
.IR val3
arguments are ignored.
.\" FIXME
.\" tglx noted the following "ERROR" case for FUTEX_LOCK_PI and
.\" FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI and FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI:
.\"
.\" > [EOWNERDIED] The owner of the futex died and the kernel made the
.\" > caller the new owner. The kernel sets the FUTEX_OWNER_DIED bit
.\" > in the futex userspace value. Caller is responsible for cleanup
.\"
.\" However, there is no such thing as an EOWNERDIED error. I had a look
.\" through the kernel source for the FUTEX_OWNER_DIED cases and didn't
.\" see an obvious error associated with them. Can you clarify? (I think
.\" the point is that this condition, which is described in
.\" Documentation/robust-futexes.txt, is not an error as such. However,
.\" I'm not yet sure of how to describe it in the man page.)
.\" Suggestions please!
.\"
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.\"