Re: futexes

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On Aug 25, 2020, at 6:41 AM, Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> The fix is non-trivial, and requires a fundamental change to how futexes
>> work.
> 
> That seemed clear in the bug, I guessed it would mean switching to using
> a futex_syncobj (or similar).

Yes, and using sleepq directly.

> I'm mainly interested in Linux Java, it seemed fairly easy to find
> test cases that got stuck.
> 
> Happy to do some work on simplifying the patch, or just identifying
> good test cases, if it will help.

Ok, I will make a point of getting this back on track by this weekend.

-- thorpej