From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DlwBn-0001FM-EQ for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:58:19 -0700 Received: from lakshmi.addtoit.com ([198.99.130.6] helo=lakshmi.solana.com) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1DlwBl-0005fA-JL for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:58:19 -0700 From: Jeff Dike Subject: Re: [uml-devel] os_lock_file removal Message-ID: <20050624211533.GA10972@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> References: <42BC5CD9.2080005@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42BC5CD9.2080005@oracle.com> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:15:33 -0400 To: Allan Graves Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 03:19:53PM -0400, Allan Graves wrote: > Hi guys. I'm working on developing a cluster file system and I'd like > to simulate concurrent shared storage access using uml and disk files. > I traced down the file locking, and it seems that (assuming I have a > cluster file system that keeps things up to date in the metadata of the > filesystem) if I remove this function I should be able to have more than > 1 instance accessing storage at the same time. Feel free to remove it if you personally guarantee that you will not run two UMLs on the same host file without using a clusterfs. It's purely a safety measure - if you're doing development using scratch filesystems, it's not really benefitting you. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel