[Bug libc/9712] New: Expose futex system call

["ian at airs dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

Currently the futex system call is not exposed by glibc.  This makes it mildly
painful to make direct futex calls.  Calling the futex system call directly is
useful when implementing low level synchronization code which does not easily
fit the mutex/condition variable pattern or the semaphore pattern.

Please consider adding the futex function call to future glibc versions.

int futex(int *uaddr, int op, int val, const struct timespec *timeout,
          int *uaddr2, int val3);

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           Summary: Expose futex system call
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.8
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: ian at airs dot com
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9712

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