From: Abhijith Das <a...@redhat.com> GFS2 currently does not support mandatory flocks. An flock() call with LOCK_MAND triggers unexpected behavior because gfs2 is not checking for this lock type. This patch corrects that.
Signed-off-by: Abhi Das <a...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhit...@redhat.com> diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c index 73b6f55..841ddc9 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/file.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c @@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ static int gfs2_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl) if (!(fl->fl_flags & FL_FLOCK)) return -ENOLCK; - if (__mandatory_lock(&ip->i_inode)) - return -ENOLCK; + if (fl->fl_type & LOCK_MAND) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; if (fl->fl_type == F_UNLCK) { do_unflock(file, fl); -- 1.6.0.6