Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:25:59 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD Committers <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Subject: Re: Mandatory locking? Message-ID: <37C2AB77.52678981@softweyr.com> References: <199908232012.WAA78393@gratis.grondar.za> <19990823213857.B99022@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com>
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Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 10:12:38PM +0200, Mark Murray wrote:
> >
> > In process-space, this is the kernel. In file-space, this should
> > be root. Processes that require mandatory locking must revoke
> > superuser before attempting locks.
>
> I don't like restricting the breaking of mandatory locks to the
> superuser. It could be restricted to specific users (say file owner +
> root)...
How 'bout "anyone who can kill the process holding the lock?"
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