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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
To: Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@vc.cvut.cz>
Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, willy@debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.34-bk fcntl lockup
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:41:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020914144118.C10583@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020914101811.GA1447@ppc.vc.cvut.cz>; from vandrove@vc.cvut.cz on Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0200

On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0200, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> Hi Linus,
>    please apply this. 

agreed, please apply.

> Fixes endless loop without schedule which happens as soon as smbd 
> invokes fcntl64(7, F_SETLK64, ...). fcntl_setlk64 gets cmd F_SETLK64,
> not F_SETLK tested in the loop;

i guess the LTP testsuite isn't quite comprehensive enough yet, it should
have caught this.

> Maybe return value from posix_lock_file should be changed to -EINPROGRESS 
> or -EJUKEBOX instead of testing passed cmd in callers, but this oneliner 
> works too. If you preffer changing posix_lock_file return value to clearly 
> distinugish between -EAGAIN and lock request queued, I'll do that.

i'll look at that idea, hadn't occurred to me before.

-- 
Revolutions do not require corporate support.

      reply	other threads:[~2002-09-14 13:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-14 10:18 [PATCH] 2.5.34-bk fcntl lockup Petr Vandrovec
2002-09-14 13:41 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]

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