Aucbvax.2754 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Wed Aug 19 13:20:23 1981 proposed lock driver >From mo@LBL-UNIX Wed Aug 19 12:39:01 1981 The lock driver proposed in the code fragment may have problems with the Unix "feature" of not calling close until possibly after you close it. Other schemes like this have added a "lock-breaking" call in the kernel exit() code to insure locks get broken. This means also having to keep track of the lock owner if more than one lock is held. Does the proffered code have this problem? -Mike ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.