Messages in this thread | | | From | (H.J. Lu) | Subject | Re: New kernel - netscape hangs | Date | Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:49:29 -0800 (PST) |
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> > > BTW, it is requred by POSIX to return EINVAL if file locking is not > > available for the file desrcriptor. > > Im aware of that paticular posix stupidity. I guess the bar was opening > early that evening.
I think the POSIX concept is correct. The current Linux kernel will sleep forever. What is your suggestion to POSIX? I am collecting comments on POSIX now.
> > > It is irrelevant to my patch. My patch fixes a POSIX bug. > > Then I don't follow why you change anything except that one return value (and > that makes sense alone). >
I meant I fixed a Linux kernel bug which doesn't follow POSIX.
-- H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)
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