Stephen Rothwell wrote:
Its what samba calls an oplock. Its like a kernel file lock but it
blocks opens and notifies the holder (who is supposed to clean up and
release the lease). If the lease is not released in 45 seconds (by
default) then the kernel assumes that the holder is broken and breaks the
lease and allows the open to proceed.
Ok, so I guess it is most likely Samba's fault then. Most likely this is
the only application that uses leases/oplocks on this computer anyway. I
will keep investigating...
Thanks.
Brian May
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