Re: 2.0.33 threads program not releasing locks

Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk@weber.uni-paderborn.de)
Sun, 29 Mar 1998 00:39:36 +0100 (MET)


Hello,

>
> I am running a threaded program under 2.0.33 (redhat 5.0 with a custom
> kernel). Sometimes file locks are not released by the kernel when the
> threads are all dead.
>
> I believe this has been reported before. Is there is a kernel patch
> available?

This is a known problem, and Bill Hawes has fixed it in kenrel 2.1.90.
I don't think that it is easy to port back to 2.0.33.

Thorsten

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