Are you sure you have 'features/posix-locks' translator loaded? because the locking feature is provided by that translator. Without that, surely its not going to work. -amar On 10/19/07, Vincent Régnard <vregnard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Anand Avati a écrit : > > Kevan, > > I just submitted a patch to fuse-devel which adds flock() support to > fuse. > > You could either wait for the next fuse release, or install glusterfs's > > patched fuse (2.7.0-glfs3) which has that patch included. > > > > thanks, > > avati > > I run a small application that uses flock on a clustereds FS (glusterfs > 1.3.7 with fuse 2.7.0-glfs5), it clearly shows that flock locking is not > working in that situation. Are you sure flock trouble has been solved ? > > > > > 2007/8/7, Kevan Benson <kbenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> > >> Any consensus on whether flock support is planned for the future? I > seem > >> to > >> remember reading somewhere in the documentation that a native glusterfs > >> client was being considered at some point in the future, which could > make > >> this feasible. > >> > >> On Monday 06 August 2007 09:27, Amar S. Tumballi wrote: > >>> Thanks for pointing out the mistakes in wiki.. just corrected it. > >>> > >>> -amar > >>> > >>> On 8/6/07, Kevan Benson <kbenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> 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_? > >>>> > >>>> > > > -- > Vincent Régnard > vregnard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > TBS-internet.com > 027 630 5902 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > -- Amar Tumballi Gluster/GlusterFS Hacker [bulde on #gluster/irc.gnu.org] http://www.zresearch.com - Commoditizing Supercomputing and Superstorage!
