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SubjectRe: fcntl(F GETLEASE) semantics??
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:22:39 +0200 (MEST) "Michael Kerrisk" <mtk-lkml@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > A shared (i.e. read) lease means that there are currently no processes
> > that can change the data or metadata (including your own).
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> This is precisely the point of the problem. Stephen
> Rothwell, and Matthew Wilcox seem to be saying that
> the last bit is not the case.

Sorry, Michael, I was not aware of why the change was made and I must
defer to Trond (for NFSv4) and the CIFS team on the appropriate semantics
here. Matthew may have another opinion.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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