Hello!
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 06:02:02PM +0000, David Golden wrote:
> Just wondering is anyone else hitting this:
> 1.4.8 (correctly I guess!) started rejecting locks unless the "flock" mount
> option was used, as per changelog note for bug #10743. I guess in the
> past it faked success but the file wasn't really locked?
File was locked, but only on a that node, other nodes won't see it.
> => So, what's the latest on file lock support in general in lustre?
We are trying to fix when we learn about problems with it.
(see bug 11415 if you plan to use fcntl locks with anything above 2.6.5 kernel)
> Actually using the "flock" mount option doesn't seem to be a solution, as
> AFAIK it's known incomplete in 1.4.x (?): Unless flock is supposed to be
> working fully in 1.4.8, in which case, well, maybe there is a bug to be
> found...
Well, we found one already.
I wonder if there are any comprehensive flock/fcntl locking testsuites
we can try to use?
Bye,
Oleg
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