Re: [PATCH fs/locks 2 of 3] Use proper tgid in locks_remove_posix

[Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>]

 On Mon, Jul 11, Olaf Kirch wrote:

> # Subject: [NFS] Use proper tgid in locks_remove_posix
> # 
> # This patch fixes a problem with lost unlock calls in multithreaded
> # applications. locks_remove_posix would send a single unlock call with
> # the task group ID of the current process, which may not be the same as
> # the tgid of the lock. This patch ensures that we send separate unlock
> # calls for different fl_pid values.
> # 
> # Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.12/fs/locks.c

This leads to glibc make check errors on ppc64:

cat /usr/src/packages/BUILD/glibc-2.3/cc-nptl/nptl/tst-cancel16.out
Timed out: killed the child process
1

tested with 2.6.13-rc3 and 'powerpc32 make check'


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