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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] manual/llio.texi: update manual to document file-private locks


> 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


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