From: Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: trouble with file locking Date: 19 Nov 2003 15:21:31 -0500 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <20031112105043.020c1548.erik@thiele-hydraulik.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Erik Thiele , "nfs@lists.sourceforge.net" Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMYpW-0006Js-00 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:21:38 -0800 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.130.16] ident=7411) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AMYpW-00011z-0R for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:21:38 -0800 To: David Dougall In-Reply-To: Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >>>>> " " == David Dougall writes: > Is this test program run on a HP-UX client or a linux client? > My experience with HP-UX nfs client is that locking is very > flaky if it even works at all. You might try flock instead of > fcntl. That seems to work better. You might also, if you have > a support contract, check out HP-UX nfs patches. They might > suddenly make it work. --David Dougall flock() doesn't work at all over NFS in Linux. It just does local locking. Cheers, Trond ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs