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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] manual/llio.texi: update manual to document file-private locks
- From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk dot lists at gmail dot com>
- To: Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat dot com>
- Cc: mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com, Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Michael Kerrisk-manpages <mtk dot manpages at googlemail dot com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:06:23 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] manual/llio.texi: update manual to document file-private locks
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> OTOH, as long as the numeric constants match up, it doesn't really
> matter what the macros in the kernel are called. The only thing I think
> we have to fix before v3.15 ships is the label in /proc/locks. We can't
> reasonably change that after v3.15 ships.
>
> FWIW, I'd probably prefer we rename these "file-associated locks" if
> we're going to change the name. "file-owned" is probably closer to how
> the internals work, but that'd probably confuse people with respect to
> inode user/group owners.
>
> That said, it's probably worth taking an extra day or two, and throwing
> out a note to linux-fsdevel/linux-kernel to see if anyone else has
> better names.
Agreed. Thanks, Jeff, for kicking off a thread for that.
Cheers,
Michael