Re: [PATCH 2] Little fixes to previous futex patch

[Ingo Molnar]

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> Why do you say the order doesn't matter?  If you change the order in
> FUTEX_WAIT & FUTEX_WAKE, then "fair" operations aren't fair any more.

hm, indeed, the ordering of wake-one/wake-few wakeups would be impacted.

> Is there a reason why FUTEX_REQUEUE is exempt from this?

no, you are right - FIFO queueing must be preserved there too.

	Ingo

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