Lie about futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic kernel support.
authorAdam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>
Wed, 27 May 2026 04:49:44 +0000 (11:49 +0700)
committerArnaud Rebillout <arnaudr@debian.org>
Wed, 27 May 2026 04:49:44 +0000 (11:49 +0700)
commit21dac84ed732411df7b6528c43be7da29688a28a
tree4c2ab2bed7b550c7fb94f145949d887655877609
parent17431a3deed652e12235b0b3c7ac578ba43e5847
Lie about futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic kernel support.

Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1436162
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/788799
Last-Update: 2015-03-25

In past versions of glibc, we incorrectly assumed all ARM kernels
in all configurations supported futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic. This
was clearly a lie, however it was a lie that we relied on, because
the fallback implementation appears to not play nicely with certain
applications like pulseaudio.  Restore the lie for kernels > 2.6.32
and plug our ears and scream "LA LA LA" about how wrong this is.

Gbp-Pq: Topic arm
Gbp-Pq: Name local-arm-futex.diff
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h