flock.2: describe flock on NFS filesystems
PATCH 1/1 flock.2: describe flock on NFS filesystems
NFSv4 need file to be opened in RW-mode to place exclusive lock:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg18502.html
flock works on NFS since 2.6.12:
http://nfs.sourceforge.net/#section_d ,section D10
--- man2/flock.2 | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
man2/flock.2 +4 -2
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ are preserved across an .BR execve (2). A shared or exclusive lock can be placed on a file regardless of the -mode in which the file was opened. +mode in which the file was opened. The exception is NFSv4, where +the file has to be opened for writing to place exclusive lock. .SH "RETURN VALUE" On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ possibly implemented in terms of appears on most UNIX systems. .SH NOTES .BR flock () -does not lock files over NFS. +does not lock files over NFS before kernel 2.6.12. Since +2.6.12, kernel emulates flock () using fcntl(2). Use .BR fcntl (2) instead: that does work over NFS, given a sufficiently recent version of
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1.7.3.4 Petr -- Petr Uzel IRC: ptr_uzl @ freenode
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Hello Peter,
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NFSv4 need file to be opened in RW-mode to place exclusive lock:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg18502.htmlflock works on NFS since 2.6.12:
http://nfs.sourceforge.net/#section_d ,section D10
Long ago, this patch fell on the floor. Sorry about that. Someone did later fix most of this, but the detail that NFS requires the file to be opened for writing in order to place a LOCK_EX lock was missing. I've added it now.
Thanks,
Michael
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Signed-off-by Petr Uzel <[email protected]>--- man2/flock.2 | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)man2/flock.2 +4
-2@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ are preserved across an .BR execve (2). A shared or exclusive lock can be placed on a file regardless of the -mode in which the file was opened. +mode in which the file was opened. The exception is NFSv4, where +the file has to be opened for writing to place exclusive lock. .SH "RETURN VALUE" On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ possibly implemented in terms of appears on most UNIX systems. .SH NOTES .BR flock () -does not lock files over NFS. +does not lock files over NFS before kernel 2.6.12. Since +2.6.12, kernel emulates flock () using fcntl(2). Use .BR fcntl (2) instead: that does work over NFS, given a sufficiently recent version of
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Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html