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Re: Locking in disk(9) api
haaaad%gmail.com@localhost (Adam Hamsik) writes:
>After some discussion I think that disk(9) api should be changed to =
>manage locking by itself and to not require explicit locking from users. =
>There are some options which can be used in this case,]
So far, all users have private locks and the disk(9) data is seen
as part of the device instance and is protected by such a private lock.
I'm not convinced that you need a separate lock just for disk(9) data.
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