[RFC][glibc PATCH] fcntl-linux.h: add new definitions and manual updates for open file description locks
Alfred M. Szmidt
ams at gnu.org
Wed Apr 23 09:09:51 MDT 2014
@@ -2890,7 +2894,7 @@ Get flags associated with the open file. @xref{File Status Flags}.
Set flags associated with the open file. @xref{File Status Flags}.
@item F_GETLK
-Get a file lock. @xref{File Locks}.
+Test a file lock. @xref{File Locks}.
F_GETLK does get the (first) lock which blocks; it doesn't test for
it. "Retrieves information about the first blocking lock ..." or
something might be better than the original
@@ -2898,6 +2902,18 @@ Set or clear a file lock. @xref{File Locks}.
@item F_SETLKW
Like @code{F_SETLK}, but wait for completion. @xref{File Locks}.
+ at item F_OFD_GETLK
+Test a open file description lock. @xref{Open File Description Locks}.
+Specific to Linux.
Likewise. You infact write that it does get the lock information
later in the document wrt. F_OFD_GETLK.
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