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  1. Bug #633668
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 633668

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In , Jeff (jeff-redhat-bugs) wrote :

Re comment #3:

Lockes are used to serialize changes. The corollary to choosing
locks that magically evaporate on abnormal (like kill -9) termination
is that whatever inconsistencies/serialization MUST be dealt with.
The existence (or "stale lock" cleanup on process termination) is hardly
the issue.

"Use fcntl locks!" is hardly a panacea; in fact its a useless piece of FUD.