Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:37:00 -0800 | From | Graham TerMarsch <> | Subject | Was there an flock() problem in 2.0.30 SMP??? |
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I think the subject says it all. I've got a Perl script running on a 2.0.30-SMP kernel (dual PPro-180Mhz), and it appears that the flock() calls aren't going as expected. I'm frequently finding out that more than one process (multiples of the _same_ script) have managed to get write access to the file and it's clobbering all the data. I've tried hunting down problems in the code and can't seem to find anything that's going on other than the possibility that either Perl/Linux isn't actually recognizing the locks on the file.
So, uh, did we have problems with it back then on an SMP kernel? Any info would be appreciated, I can't keep rebuilding the data file on this machine, and doubt that I can convince my client to rebuild the world and update the kernel (and everything else it depends on). Help?
-- Graham TerMarsch
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