Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:01:00 +0000 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.10-rc2 |
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 09:59:00AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Nope. It got fixed differently: by only adding POSIX locks to the list. > See locks_insert_block(). Since a non-posix lock cannot be blocked by a > POSIX lock, the "if (IS_POSIX(blocker))" test should make sure we're > always proper. > > At least that's Willy claims. If you think he's wrong, holler. > > Willy Cc'd, once more.
The problem certainly should have been fixed. I'd like to know if it still occurs.
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