On Sat, 3 May 2008 12:23:37 -0400, J R wrote:

>Probably to ensure that not just anybody can cause a deadly embrace:  
> 
Why is a deadly embrace caused by an authorized program deemed
less harmful than one caused by an unauthorized program?

>"S99WTVOL / S99WTDSN / S99WTUNT / S99OFFLN / S99MOUNT :  
>Use care when you set these flags; setting any one of them 
>might cause a deadlock situation. For example, consider the 
>situation where JOBA owns a resource that JOBB wants and 
>JOBB owns a resource that JOBA wants. If one of the above 
>flags are on, the two jobs will wait until one job is cancelled." 

-- gil

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