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Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2001 00:11:02 +0200
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From:	Gunnar Andre Dalsnes <hardon AT online DOT no>
Subject:	Re: Help on posix file lock semantics
Cc:	Kurt Roeckx <Q AT ping DOT be>
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At 21.08.01 12:11 , you wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 10:55:54PM +0200, Gunnar Andre Dalsnes wrote:
> > At 20.08.01 13:18 , you wrote:
> > >On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:06:13PM +0200, Gunnar Andre Dalsnes wrote:
> > 
> > And locks outside of upgraded regions are resized to fit and kept as standalone locks?
> > 
> > Example:
> > A file has write lock from off. 10 to 20 and read lock from off. 30 to 40.
> > A new read lock from off. 15 to 35 upgrades both existing overlapped regions.
> > 
> > Now we have three locks?
> > -write lock off. 10 to 15
> > -read lock off. 15 to 35
> > -read lock off. 35 to 40
> > 
> > Or maybe they merged? 
> > -write lock off. 10 to 15
> > -read lock off. 15 to 40
> > 
> > The reason i ask is that i want F_GETLK to behave correctly if called afterwards.
>
>Thinking about it again ...
>
>Other times you don't merge.  If you had 10 to 19, and then get
>20 to 29, both same lock, would you merge them?  I don't think
>so.

What do you mean? Would I merge them?

>I think the first one is the correct one.
>
>Btw, I think my English isn't good enough to remember what "to"
>means.  Is the last number included or not?  

It's not:-} Sorry...

>If it's included
>your example was wrong, since you locked byte twice.
>
>
>Kurt

Gunnar


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