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Subject: Re: Linux futex for 64-bits
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On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:51:04 AM UTC-5, Alex Vinokur wrote:
> Linux illin793 2.6.32-279.5.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 14 11:36:39
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> EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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> 
> From man futex:
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>        int futex(int *uaddr, int op, int val, const struct timespec
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> *timeout,
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>                  int *uaddr2, int val3);
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> 
> 
> So, here futex works with 32-bits value.
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> 
> 
> Is there futex on Linux that works with 64-bits value?
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> 
> Aex

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14827885/linux-futex-for-64-bits

While looking into "why", I found this to be an interesting read: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/linux.kernel/kdZwuuTIL20/discussion

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