Re: [fuse-devel] status of ulockmgr?

[Miklos S. <mi...@sz...>]

> > Ulockmgr is only useful for pass-through filesystems, or 
> > network filesystems, and used on the server side.
> 
> I'm not sure if that is two uses-cases or three.

Sorry, it's two ;)

> How would ulockmgr_op be used in a network file system and/or on the
> server-side (if those are different)?

Well, just like with a pass-through filesystem.  A network filesystem
(*) is basically a pass-through filesystem cut in two, with some sort
of protocol in between.

Miklos

(*) a la NFS, which mirrors a real filesystem on the server, not one
using dedicated access to storage.