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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.



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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)

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