Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:45:36 +0100 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fs/locks.c: Fix posix locking for threaded tasks |
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On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 10:40:07AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > SUS v3 does not offer any enlightenment. But it seems reasonable that > > processes which share a files_struct should share locks. After all, > > if one process closes the fd, they'll remove locks belonging to the > > other process. > > > > Here's a patch generated against 2.4; it also applies to 2.5. > > Please apply. > > This seems horribly inappropriate for 2.4 as it may break apps
I have no problem with withdrawing the request for 2.4. It does mean that it's almost impossible to write an M:N threading library implementation. This doesn't concern me too much; I just want you to be aware this is the tradeoff you're making.
I would still like to see it in 2.5.
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