2.0 oplocks and UNIX (PR#11796)
Jeremy Allison
jallison at cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Tue Dec 8 02:17:41 GMT 1998
hgv at nsco.network.com wrote:
> E.g.:
> Is the "platform" whose support is needed the platform on
> which a client runs or the platform on which SAMBA runs?
> Does "open function interface" refer to the open(2) system
> call or does it mean "non-closed"?
The "platform" referred to below is the UNIX on which
Samba is running.
The "open function interface" means "non-closed" as
I am encouraging as many UNIX vendors as possible to
support it for Samba.
Hope this helps,
Jeremy Allison,
Samba Team.
>
> >5). Cross protocol data integrity
> >---------------------------------
> >
> >An open function interface has been defined to allow
> >"opportunistic locks" (oplocks for short) granted by Samba
> >to be seen by other UNIX processes. This allows complete
> >cross protocol (NFS and SMB) data integrety using Samba
> >with platforms that support this feature.
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