Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 16:19:46 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen McKay) Cc: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fcntl F_SETLK backward compatibility hack implemented Message-ID: <9504262219.AA09621@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504261216.WAA28305@pandora.devetir.qld.gov.au> from "Stephen McKay" at Apr 26, 95 10:16:13 pm
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> >> Well, since nobody objected :-) I went and implemented my proposed fix to > >> fcntl locking. > > > >Coolness, Parker. 8-) 8-). > > Pardon? I'm hip and groovy, but who's Parker? :-( I see you don't get quite all of the US television down under. Good, it means I still want to visit Australia. 8-). There's a TV series called "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" which is sort of a "Ferris Buehler's Day off made into a TV series. Any time Parker comes up with an idea bound to get them into trouble, one of his friends says "Coolness, Parker" to encourage him to go ahead with it. 8-). > >This would be a good step towards lockd support. > > Well, stick my head out and have it run over by a bus! I should have honked. 8-). > Ok, if we add 'sysid' to struct flock it will change size and we'll need > more backward compatibility stuff in fcntl(). Looks like we'll need > flock_43 for the 1.1.5 version and flock_44 for the 2.0 version and a > slightly more complicated backward compatibility patch. > > So, should we strike while the iron is hot? In for a penny, in for a pound... 8-). I think you are the new file system locking semantics and compatability guru (self elected). 8-). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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