Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:13:55 -0400
From: James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: capset() capget() syscalls

>>>>> "RF" == Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx> writes:

>> futex

RF> glibc does not expose this as far as I know. I would not be opposed
RF> to having sys/futex.h however. It's less ugly than having to use
RF> linux/futex.h and syscall()...

+1.  <sys/futex.h> and a separate library seems to be the best way to
support the futex interface.  Such a lib might try to be portable with
support for other lock and semaphore apis when futex(7)s are unavailable.

-JimC
-- 
James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>         OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.