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Aucbvax.2756 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Wed Aug 19 18:22:40 1981 mo lock driver question >From dsp.dove@MIT-SPEECH@MIT-AI Wed Aug 19 18:13:39 1981 I'm not aware of what you mean by not calling close until after it's closed (what do each of those closes mean?). Clearly one wouldn't want to fork after opening the lock unless one wanted both proc's to access the critical resource (presumably forking is deliberate). I don't actually use this driver I'm just suggesting it. If it has bugs I wouldn't be aware of them. In any case could you elucidate on what you think the potential bug is? (Is it worse than the ln scheme race that Dave Yost mentioned?) -------

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