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Date:      Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:16:06 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 lock.9
Message-ID:  <44EE0906.40705@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <200608241016.k7OAG1VE058083@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200608241016.k7OAG1VE058083@repoman.freebsd.org>

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Konstantin Belousov wrote:

>kib         2006-08-24 10:16:01 UTC
>
>  FreeBSD src repository
>
>  Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_6)
>    share/man/man9       lock.9 
>  Log:
>  MFC rev.1.14:
>  Note that LK_UPGRADE may drop the shared lock before taking the
>  exclusive one.
>  
>  
>
excuse my ignorance but I though that the whole aim of an upgrade was to 
make sure that
you did NOT drop it before getting the exclusive lock..( or it fails and 
you back out and retry)

>  Reviewed and edited by: tegge
>  Approved by:    pjd (mentor)
>  
>  Revision  Changes    Path
>  1.12.2.2  +2 -0      src/share/man/man9/lock.9
>  
>



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