> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 08:40:00AM +0100, Gradimir Starovic wrote: > > > Both flock() and fcntl() locks are cluster-wide on gfs. > > > Since 2.6.9 no kernel patches are required. > > > > > > > Is fcntl() locking working for nfs over gfs now, or is server > > still calling posix_lock_file w/o calling fs-specific lock()? > > As far as I know, nfs only acquires locks in the vfs > (posix_lock_file). > Do you know anyone who has begun work to add fs-specific calls? > I thought GFS had its gfs_lock file operation, but must say my knowledge of GFS is not great. The problem is, how can fcntl locking be cluster-wide, for nfs on a cluster, if it's done only locally and the cluster fs is not even told about that. cheers gradimir > -- > Dave Teigland <teigland@xxxxxxxxxx> >
