On 18 February 2010 11:57, John A Meinel <email address hidden> wrote:
> It is, but we generally only hold the OS lock when we also hold the WT
> disk lock. So we could check that first/if the other appears lock.
>
> I could be wrong, but I think we check the OS lock before we check the
> disk lock.
Right, so I think you'll only see this problem if the lock is held by
a reader, in which case there is no OS lock. imbw.
On 18 February 2010 11:57, John A Meinel <email address hidden> wrote:
> It is, but we generally only hold the OS lock when we also hold the WT
> disk lock. So we could check that first/if the other appears lock.
>
> I could be wrong, but I think we check the OS lock before we check the
> disk lock.
Right, so I think you'll only see this problem if the lock is held by
a reader, in which case there is no OS lock. imbw.
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