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fcntl.2: wfix: clarify meaning of "network parition" 

Reported-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-12-19 06:44:18 +01:00
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@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ although the details of how to enable it vary across systems.
When an advisory lock is obtained on a networked filesystem such as
NFS it is possible that the lock might get lost.
This may happen due to administrative action on the server, or due to a
network partition which lasts long enough for the server to assume
network partition (i.e., loss of network connectivity with the server)
which lasts long enough for the server to assume
that the client is no longer functioning.
.PP
When the filesystem determines that a lock has been lost, future