Re: [PATCH] Removal of FUTEX_FD (and related code)

From: Michael Kerrisk
Date: Fri Apr 18 2008 - 14:24:29 EST


Hey Rusty,

On 4/18/08, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@xxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:40:46 +0100
>
> hi,
>
> since FUTEX_FD was scheduled for removal in June 2007 lets remove it.
> Google Code search found no users for it and NGPT was abandoned in 2003
> according to IBM. futex.h is left untouched to make sure the id does
> not get reassigned. Since queue_me() has no users left it is commented
> out to avoid a warning, i didnt remove it completely since it is part
> of the internal api (matching unqueue_me())
[...]

Please CC me on API changes...

Cheers,

Michael
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