CTDB internals

[Christopher R. Hertel]

On 11/02/2012 02:29 AM, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 02:18:36AM -0500, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
>> Ah...
>>
>> No, it's *both*.  I just found the notes I need in smb.conf.  If I
>> understand correctly, the byte-range locks are stored in brlock.tdb but are
>> also made using fcntl byte-range locking.
>>
>> The only questions for me, then, are to know how byte range locks are
>> enforced by Samba and whether or not I'm miles off in my understanding here.
> 
> Before every read and write we check if an fcntl lock is
> set. Racy, but the best we can do.

What information is actually stored in brlock.tdb, and how is it used when
it's checked?  Is it a short-cut?

Thanks.

Chris -)-----

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