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.\" material in the kernel source file Documentation/pi-futex.txt.
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.\" material in the kernel source file Documentation/pi-futex.txt.
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.\" 2.6.25 adds FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET, FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET
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.\" 2.6.25 adds FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET, FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET
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.\"
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.\"
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.TH FUTEX 2 2012-08-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.TH FUTEX 2 2012-08-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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.SH NAME
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futex \- Fast Userspace Locking system call
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futex \- Fast Userspace Locking system call
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.I uaddr
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.I uaddr
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still contains the value
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still contains the value
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.IR val3 .
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.IR val3 .
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If not, the operation fails with the error
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.BR EAGAIN .
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The argument
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The argument
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.I timeout
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.I timeout
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is ignored.
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is ignored.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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.PP
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.PP
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Depending on which operation was executed,
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In the event of an error, all operations return \-1, and set
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the returned value for a successful call can have differing meanings.
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.I errno
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to indicate the error.
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The return value on success depends on the operation,
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as described in the following list:
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.TP
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.TP
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.B FUTEX_WAIT
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.B FUTEX_WAIT
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Returns 0 if the process was woken by a
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Returns 0 if the process was woken by a
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.B FUTEX_WAKE
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.B FUTEX_WAKE
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call.
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call.
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See ERRORS for the various possible error returns.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B FUTEX_WAKE
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.B FUTEX_WAKE
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Returns the number of processes woken up.
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Returns the number of processes woken up.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE
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.B FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE
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Returns the number of processes woken up.
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Returns the number of processes woken up.
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.PP
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In the event of an error, all operations return \-1, and set
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.I errno
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to indicate the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.TP
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.B EACCES
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.B EACCES
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.TP
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.TP
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.B EAGAIN
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.B EAGAIN
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.B FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE
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.B FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE
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detect that the value at
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detected that the value pointed to by
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.I uaddr
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.I uaddr
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is not equal to the expected value
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is not equal to the expected value
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.IR val3 .
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.IR val3 .
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now.)
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now.)
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.TP
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.TP
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.B EFAULT
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.B EFAULT
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Error in getting
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Error retrieving
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.I timeout
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.I timeout
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information from userspace.
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information from userspace.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B EINTR
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.B EINTR
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A
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.B FUTEX_WAIT
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.B FUTEX_WAIT
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operation was interrupted by signal (see
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operation was interrupted by a signal (see
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.BR signal (7)
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.BR signal (7))
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) or by other spurious wakeup.
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or a spurious wakeup.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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.B EINVAL
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An operation was not defined or error in page alignment.
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An operation was not defined or there was error in page alignment.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B ENFILE
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.B ENFILE
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The system limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
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The system limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
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operation.
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operation.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B EWOULDBLOCK
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.B EWOULDBLOCK
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The value, pointed to by
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.I op
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was
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.BR FUTEX_WAIT
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and the value pointed to by
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.I uaddr
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.I uaddr
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was not equal to the expected value
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was not equal to the expected value
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.I val
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.I val
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at the moment of calling
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at the time of the call.
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.B FUTEX_WAIT
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operation.
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.SH "VERSIONS"
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.SH "VERSIONS"
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.PP
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.PP
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Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
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Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
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