why doesn't the kernel enforce oplocks? (was: Re: [Samba] Re: How Samba let us down)

Simo Sorce simo.sorce at xsec.it
Thu Oct 24 20:32:00 GMT 2002


On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 20:48, Ben Johnson wrote:
> samba and vi aren't written to cooperate for example.  should these be
> written to cooperate?  that would mean the authors of each would have to
> cooperate.  it seems like it would be easier to have the kernel force
> cooperation.

By cooperation jra means they should use locks the right way.
And then the klernel forces cooperation.

I dunno if vi "cooperates", but samba surely can cooperate, as samba
respect locks.

Simo.

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