[linux-cifs-client] [PATCH 0/2] posix locks behaviour on Windows server

[simo]

On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 17:36 +0300, Pavel Shilovsky wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I had a problem with cifs connected with posix locks behaviour during 
> closing files when I mounted Windows share. When any descriptor of file 
> is  being closed, it deletes only locks that connected with it, but it 
> isn't posix. This patch provide posix locks behaviour on windows server 
> - deletes all locks that connected with inode.
> 
> Summary of changes:
> [1/2] patch adds cifs_lock_storage module
> [1/2] patch adds use cifs_lock_storage module operations in file.c

Do we really want to "fix" one of the most horrible and harmful posix
semantics ? :-)

Simo.

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Simo Sorce
Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer <simo at samba.org>
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, Inc. <simo at redhat.com>