Re: [PATCH 2/3] fd/locks: allow get the lock owner by F_OFD_GETLK

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21.06.2023 15:35, Jeff Layton пишет:
> I don't think we can change this at this point.
>
> The bottom line (again) is that OFD locks are owned by the file
> descriptor (much like with flock()), and since file descriptors can be
> shared across multiple process it's impossible to say that some single
> process owns it.
What's the problem with 2 owners?
Can't you get one of them, rather than
meaningless -1?
Compare this situation with read locks.
They can overlap, so when you get an
info about a read lock (except for the
new F_UNLCK case), you get the info
about *some* of the locks in that range.
In the case of multiple owners, you
likewise get the info about about some
owner. If you iteratively send them a
"please release this lock" message
(eg in a form of SIGKILL), then you
traverse all, and end up with the
lock-free area.
Is there really any problem here?