# Re: \[PATCH v2 05/14\] futex: Add sys\_futex\_wake()

- From: Thomas Gleixner \<hidden\>
- Date: 2023-08-07 19:00:30 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2023/08/2294792
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2023/08/2294049/t.md

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On Mon, Aug 07 2023 at 14:18, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> To complement sys_futex_waitv() add sys_futex_wake(). This syscall
> implements what was previously known as FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET except it
> uses 'unsigned long' for the bitmask and takes FUTEX2 flags.
>
> The 'unsigned long' allows FUTEX2_SIZE_U64 on 64bit platforms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>
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