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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.4: Fix steal_locks race
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    On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 04:04:53AM +0200, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
    >
    > > My patch is buggy too. If a file is closed by another clone between
    > > the two steal_locks calls the lock will again be lost. Fortunately
    > > this much harder to trigger than the previous bug.
    >
    > I think this is not a strict bug---this scenario is not covered by POSIX
    > in the first place. Unless lock stealing is done atomically with
    > unshare_files there is a window of oportunity between unshare_files() and
    > steal_locks(), so locks can still get lost.

    It's not a standard compliance issue. In this case the lock will never
    be released and it will eventually lead to a crash when someone reads
    /proc/locks.
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