diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2 index 566bd7cda..beb487e97 100644 --- a/man2/futex.2 +++ b/man2/futex.2 @@ -682,6 +682,13 @@ to returning to user space. Unlike the other futex operations described above, the PI futex operations are designed for the implementation of very specific IPC mechanisms). +.\" +.\" FIXME We don't quite have a definition anywhere of what a PI futex +.\" is (vs a non-PI futex). Below, we have the information of +.\" FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI requeues from a non-PI futex to a +.\" PI futex, but what determines whether the futex is of one +.\" kind of the other? We should have such a definition somewhere +.\" about here. PI futexes are operated on by specifying one of the following values in .IR futex_op :