kernel support for open share modes

[J. Bruce Fields]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 07:55:39AM -0800, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > Delegations are done at file open time.  But they're also entirely at
> > the server's discretion--so we can open the file, try to get the lease,
> > and not be concerned if someone else beats us to it--we can always just
> > return a succesful open without a delegation.
> 
> And, unless I have not understood delegations, break the other persons
> delegation?

Yes.--b.