lock_unlock() problem?

DAVID G MCMURTRIE dgm+ at pitt.edu
Thu Nov 21 15:37:10 EST 2002


On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Rob Siemborski wrote:

> "Upgrade your version of cyrus"
>
> Many many many locking and performance improvements have been made since
> then, and spending the time to diagnose the problems with that code base
> just isn't time well spent.

Agreed.  However, this exact piece of code still exists in the latest
version.  I'm curious whether there's a reason to not check the return
code of fcntl on the unlock, but it's checked when you lock.

Thanks,

Dave
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