Defect in XSH lockf()

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        Defect report from : Ulrich Drepper , Red Hat, Inc.

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@ page 705 line 23269 section lockf() objection {ud-lockf-1}

Problem:

Edition of Specification (Year): 2003

Defect code :  1. Error

The lockf() man page is currently demanding contradicting behavior.
Locking is supposed to have effect on thread or process level.  The
later is existing practice, only threads from different processes
exclude each other.  Threads from the same process do not.  Therefore
the man page must be changed in one place to make the transition from
the original wording complete.


Action:

Line 23269f.  Change

Calls to lockf() from other threads which attempt to lock the locked
file section [...]

to

Calls to lockf() from threads in other processes which attempt to lock
the locked file section [...]