2.0 oplocks and UNIX (PR#11796)

[Jeremy Allison]

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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