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Documentation: futex: Add a note about robust list race condition
authorAndré Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
Tue, 2 Jun 2026 09:10:16 +0000 (11:10 +0200)
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Wed, 3 Jun 2026 09:38:52 +0000 (11:38 +0200)
commit3f63e2545978abda58f2cf7ff0d7a2942965e8cb
tree5e43f21ecbb31432c16e6b812d2cbbfb547c2ef2
parenta2274cc0091ed4fdce10fad68d08c529b8d3e7dd
Documentation: futex: Add a note about robust list race condition

Add a note to the documentation giving a brief explanation why doing a
robust futex release in userspace is racy, what should be done to avoid
it and provide links to read more.

[ tglx: Fixed a few typos ]

Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260329-tonyk-vdso_test-v2-1-b7db810e44a1@igalia.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602090535.936286833@kernel.org
Documentation/locking/robust-futex-ABI.rst