These are the distributed lock manager (dlm) patches against 2.6.12-rc4 that we'd like to see added to the kernel. We've made changes based on the suggestions that were sent, and are happy to get more, of course. The original overview http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111444188703106&w=2 For those interested in performance, there is some information here http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/dlm/ Dave -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster