Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:10:04 +1000 | From | Stephen Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: fcntl(F GETLEASE) semantics?? |
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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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