linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to file-description locks

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Date:	Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:25:20 +0200
From:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	mtk.manpages@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	samba-technical@...ts.samba.org,
	Ganesha NFS List <nfs-ganesha-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Carlos O'Donell <carlos@...hat.com>,
	libc-alpha <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>,
	"Stefan (metze) Metzmacher" <metze@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to file-description
 locks

On 04/21/2014 03:45 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:

[...]

> - * These cmd values will set locks that conflict with normal POSIX locks, but
> - * are "owned" by the opened file, not the process. This means that they are
> - * inherited across fork() like BSD (flock) locks, and they are only released
> - * automatically when the last reference to the the open file against which
> - * they were acquired is put.
> + * These cmd values will set locks that conflict with process-associated
> + * record  locks, but are "owned" by the opened file description, not the
> + * process. This means that they are inherited across fork() like BSD (flock)
> + * locks, and they are only released automatically when the last reference to
> + * the the open file against which they were acquired is put.


(Pre-existing) typo: s/the the/the/



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