> And if posix file locks are to be useful to threaded applications, then > we have to preserve the same no-false-positives requirement for them as > well. It isn't useful to threaded applications. The specification requires this. Which is another reason for having an additional Linux (for now) flag to say "don't bother" Alan - 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