Hi, Now in the -nmw git tree. Thanks,
Steve. On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 23:35 -0500, Abhijith Das wrote: > This patch adds a new flag to the gfs2_holder structure GL_FLOCK. > It is set on holders of glocks representing flocks. This flag is > checked in add_to_queue() and a process is permitted to queue more > than one holder onto a glock if it is set. This solves the issue > of a process not being able to do multiple flocks on the same file. > Through a single descriptor, a process can now promote and demote > flocks. Through multiple descriptors a process can now queue > multiple flocks on the same file. There's still the problem of > a process deadlocking itself (because gfs2 blocking locks are not > interruptible) by queueing incompatible deadlock. > > Signed-off-by: Abhijith Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
