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Re: VOP_*LOCK* cleanup proposal
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Juergen Hannken-Illjes wrote:
> The vnode lock operations still carry some arguments and semantics from
> our old lockmgr(9). I propose to clean them up as:
>
> 1) VOP_LOCK(vp, flags): Limit the set of allowed flags to LK_EXCLUSIVE,
> LK_SHARED and LK_NOWAIT. LK_INTERLOCK is no longer allowed as it
> makes no sense here.
Have you tested these changes with LFS to make sure you haven't added any
new deadlocks or hangs?
Eduardo
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