From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: File and Directory Change Notification Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:37:29 +0000 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20031126123729.GM11694@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <200311252053.47193.theman@josephdwagner.info> <20031126041548.GA10853@mail.shareable.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Joseph D. Wagner" , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:52906 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261863AbTKZMha (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:37:30 -0500 To: Jamie Lokier Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031126041548.GA10853@mail.shareable.org> List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 04:15:48AM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote: > I'm not sure why exclusive leases are always allowed but mandatory > locking isn't by default. They seem to offer similar DOS possibilities. Exclusive leases will get broken by the kernel if the application doesn't cooperate by releasing the lease. -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk