From: "Joseph D. Wagner" <theman@josephdwagner.info>
To: "'Matthew Wilcox'" <willy@debian.org>
Cc: <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Does mandatory locking need to be set when the file is locked?
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:50:18 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000001c3c323$24154030$0201a8c0@joe> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031215153858.GE15674@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
> Please, don't use mandatory locking. It's racy (by design), buggy
> (by design) and adds code to the fast path.
What!?! Are you saying mandatory locking doesn't always work?
Exactly what are the known bugs, and when do they happen?
My program DEPENDS upon mandatory locking, so I'd like a little more info before I abandon that route entirely.
Thanks for your time.
Joseph D. Wagner
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-15 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-15 1:57 Does mandatory locking need to be set when the file is locked? Joseph D. Wagner
2003-12-15 15:38 ` Matthew Wilcox
2003-12-15 15:50 ` Joseph D. Wagner [this message]
2003-12-15 16:23 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-12-15 18:09 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-12-15 18:59 ` Matthew Wilcox
2003-12-16 19:13 ` Bryan Henderson
2003-12-16 20:33 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-12-16 21:48 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-12-16 22:00 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-12-15 17:05 ` Bryan Henderson
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