Clarify and extend paragraphs on interoperation

of fcntl(2), flock(2), and lockf(3) advisory locks.
Add such a paragraph to the flock(2) manpage for the
sake of consistency.

Reviewed by:	Cyrille Lefevre and Kirk McKusick on -arch
MFC after:	2 weeks
This commit is contained in:
yar 2004-05-17 23:09:10 +00:00
parent 7730ed4e26
commit 75331fe5be
3 changed files with 55 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -173,10 +173,22 @@ error.
.Pp
The
.Fn lockf ,
.Xr fcntl 2
.Xr fcntl 2 ,
and
.Xr flock 2
locks may be safely used concurrently.
locks are compatible.
Processes using different locking interfaces can cooperate
over the same file safely.
However, only one of such interfaces should be used within
the same process.
If a file is locked by a process through
.Xr flock 2 ,
any record within the file will be seen as locked
from the viewpoint of another process using
.Xr fcntl 2
or
.Fn lockf ,
and vice versa.
.Pp
Blocking on a section is interrupted by any signal.
.Sh RETURN VALUES

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@ -341,11 +341,26 @@ The
system call is recommended for applications that want to ensure the integrity
of their locks when using library routines or wish to pass locks
to their children.
Note that
.Xr flock 2
.Pp
The
.Fn fcntl ,
.Xr flock 2 ,
and
.Xr lockf 3
locks are compatible.
Processes using different locking interfaces can cooperate
over the same file safely.
However, only one of such interfaces should be used within
the same process.
If a file is locked by a process through
.Xr flock 2 ,
any record within the file will be seen as locked
from the viewpoint of another process using
.Fn fcntl
locks may be safely used concurrently but
or
.Xr lockf 3 ,
and vice versa.
Note that
.Fn fcntl F_GETLK
returns \-1 in
.Fa l_pid
@ -558,6 +573,7 @@ for the reasons as stated in
.Xr getdtablesize 2 ,
.Xr open 2 ,
.Xr sigvec 2 ,
.Xr lockf 3 ,
.Xr tcgetpgrp 3 ,
.Xr tcsetpgrp 3
.Sh HISTORY

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@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ references to a single lock. If a process holding a lock on a file
forks and the child explicitly unlocks the file, the parent will
lose its lock.
.Pp
The
.Fn flock ,
.Xr fcntl 2 ,
and
.Xr lockf 3
locks are compatible.
Processes using different locking interfaces can cooperate
over the same file safely.
However, only one of such interfaces should be used within
the same process.
If a file is locked by a process through
.Fn flock ,
any record within the file will be seen as locked
from the viewpoint of another process using
.Xr fcntl 2
or
.Xr lockf 3 ,
and vice versa.
.Pp
Processes blocked awaiting a lock may be awakened by signals.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std flock
@ -141,8 +160,10 @@ refers to an object that does not support file locking.
.Xr close 2 ,
.Xr dup 2 ,
.Xr execve 2 ,
.Xr fcntl 2 ,
.Xr fork 2 ,
.Xr open 2
.Xr open 2 ,
.Xr lockf 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn flock