On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 02:39:24PM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
> > /* No mandatory locks over NFS */
> >- if ((inode->i_mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == S_ISGID)
> >+ if ((inode->i_mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == S_ISGID &&
> >+ fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK)
>
> Just out of curiosity, what is this if() statement intended to protect?
> For locking purposes, why would the client care if the file has the
> mandatory lock bits set?
Mandatory locks aren't mandatory for other clients.
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