On Sunday 05 August 2007 23:28, Vikas Gorur wrote: > What you're trying to do is use flock(2) locks. flock(2) locks are not > supported by FUSE. The lock requests will be handled by the kernel > itself and never reach FUSE, let alone GlusterFS. > > The posix-locks translator implements the fcntl(2) locking API. > fcntl(2) allows for more fine-grained locking, as it supports locking > of particular regions inside a file --- whereas flock(2) locks are on > the entire file. > > flock(2) and fcntl(2) locks can co-exist on Linux. There is absolutely > no interaction between them. > > In summary, if you want distributed file locks, you should use the > fcntl(2) API, not flock(2). Thanks. Does that mean the the part of the FAQ that mentions flock along with fcntl is incorrect, or just mentioning a feature not supported _yet_? http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_FAQ#How_is_locking_handled.3F -- - Kevan Benson - A-1 Networks
