Definitely better! Couple of suggestions: On 3/3/2021 11:37 AM, Aurélien Aptel wrote:
From: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> Similarly to NFS, CIFS flock() locks behave differently than the standard. Document those differences. Here is the rendered text: CIFS details In Linux kernels up to 5.4, flock() is not propagated over SMB. A file with such locks will not appear locked for other SMB clients. Since Linux 5.5, flock() are emulated with SMB byte-range locks on the entire file. Similarly to NFS, this means that fcntl(2) and flock() locks interact with one another over SMB. Another important side-effect is that the locks are not advisory anymore: a write on a locked file will always fail with EACCESS. This difference originates from the de- sign of locks in the SMB protocol, which provides mandatory locking se- mantics. The nobrl mount option can be used switch back to pre-5.5 ker- nel behavior. Signed-off-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> --- man2/flock.2 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/flock.2 b/man2/flock.2 index 61d4b5396..7c4e7e8c9 100644 --- a/man2/flock.2 +++ b/man2/flock.2 @@ -239,6 +239,27 @@ see the discussion of the .I "local_lock" option in .BR nfs (5). +.SS CIFS details +In Linux kernels up to 5.4, +.BR flock () +is not propagated over SMB. A file with such locks will not appear +locked for other SMB clients.
Other "remote" clients, right? It's not limited to SMB, if the server is also managing other protocols which might support flock'ing.
+.PP +Since Linux 5.5, +.BR flock () +are emulated with SMB byte-range locks on the +entire file. Similarly to NFS, this means that +.BR fcntl (2) +and +.BR flock () +locks interact with one another over SMB. Another important
There's a subtlety here. If the server implements these SMB byte-range locks in certain ways, the locks may interact with other protocols too. So constraining the statement to "over SMB" may be incomplete. Wy not simply say "this means that fcntl() and flock() locks interact with one another", and preserve the generality?
+side-effect is that the locks are not advisory anymore: a write on a +locked file will always fail with +.BR EACCESS . +This difference originates from the design of locks in the SMB +protocol, which provides mandatory locking semantics. The +.BR nobrl +mount option can be used switch back to pre-5.5 kernel behavior.
Wait, the page just said that pre-5.5 was local only. Wouldn't it be better to just say that "nobrl" turns off the entire behavior of forwarding locks to the server, like before? Or are there other side effects... Tom.
.SH SEE ALSO .BR flock (1), .BR close (2),
