Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:46:30 -0700 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix posix lock on NFS |
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On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 02:39:24PM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote: > > /* No mandatory locks over NFS */ > >- if ((inode->i_mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == S_ISGID) > >+ if ((inode->i_mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == S_ISGID && > >+ fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK) > > Just out of curiosity, what is this if() statement intended to protect? > For locking purposes, why would the client care if the file has the > mandatory lock bits set?
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