[Ocfs2-devel] question of ocfs2_do_flock()

[Coly Li]

Hi list,

These days I am working on a L3 bug on SLES10 SP2. When I read ocfs2_do_flock(), there are some
questions from me. Wish anybody can give me a little hint to understand the code. Thanks.



static int ocfs2_do_flock(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
                          int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
{
        int ret = 0, level = 0, trylock = 0;
        struct ocfs2_file_private *fp = file->private_data;
        struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres = &fp->fp_flock;

        if (fl->fl_type == F_WRLCK)
                level = 1;
        if (!IS_SETLKW(cmd))
                trylock = 1;

        mutex_lock(&fp->fp_mutex);

        if (lockres->l_flags & OCFS2_LOCK_ATTACHED &&
            lockres->l_level > LKM_NLMODE) {
                int old_level = 0;

                if (lockres->l_level == LKM_EXMODE)
                        old_level = 1;

                if (level == old_level)
                        goto out;
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Question: when level and oldlevel are not (0 and 0) or (1 and 1), I don't see any code does dlm lock
compatibility logic. I don't undersand why the code here can try to unlock directly.

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                /*
                 * Converting an existing lock is not guaranteed to be
                 * atomic, so we can get away with simply unlocking
                 * here and allowing the lock code to try at the new
                 * level.
                 */

                flock_lock_file_wait(file,
                                     &(struct file_lock){.fl_type = F_UNLCK});

                ocfs2_file_unlock(file);
        }
[snip]
}

Thanks in advance.
-- 
Coly Li
SuSE PRC Labs