Article 73B1N [$] API changes for the futex robust list

[$] API changes for the futex robust list

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jake
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The robustfutex kernel API is a way for a user-space program to ensure that thelocks it holds are properly cleaned up when it exits. But the API suffersfrom a number of different problems, as Andre Almeida described in a session in the"Gaming onLinux" microconference at the 2025 Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo.He had some ideas for a new API that would solve many of those problems,which he wanted to discuss with attendees; there is adifficult-to-trigger race condition that he wanted to talk about too.
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