> Bzzt. You get a false deadlock with multiple threads like so: > > Thread A of task B takes lock 1 > Thread C of task D takes lock 2 > Thread C of task D blocks on lock 1 > Thread E of task B blocks on lock 2 The spec and SYSV certainly ignore threading in this situation and you know that perfectly well (or did in 2004) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html