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diff --git a/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt b/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt index 4db7c18bf68c..7714f57caad5 100644 --- a/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt @@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ mode. The former through the usual mechanism, the latter through files created on ramfs or tmpfs mounts. +======= +FUTEXES +======= + +Futexes are supported in NOMMU mode if the arch supports them. An error will +be given if an address passed to the futex system call lies outside the +mappings made by a process or if the mapping in which the address lies does not +support futexes (such as an I/O chardev mapping). + + ============= NO-MMU MREMAP ============= |