Re: [PATCH 4/14] locks: add locking function that returns conflicting lock

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On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 08:54:50AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Is there any reason we want to have both variants?  I think vfs_lock_file
> should simple get the last argument and we shouldn't have a separate
> vfs_lock_file_conf (which btw doesn't have an exactly descriptive name).
> The also allows you to kill __posix_lock_file_conf and only keep a single
> posix_lock_file routines that gets the argument aswell.

That sounds reasonable.

> And btw, in case you ask why I demand all these addition cleanuos:
> you're touching an already more than messy codebase and make it more
> complex, that needs some cleanups to counterbalance :)

I find locks.c really hard to read, so I'm happy for any suggestions for
cleanups....

--b.
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