From 03594d618bf22e12e7990a2283aeee55fa834da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 06:44:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fcntl.2: wfix: clarify meaning of "network parition" Reported-by: NeilBrown Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/fcntl.2 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2 index 6e6e26f66..c50220817 100644 --- a/man2/fcntl.2 +++ b/man2/fcntl.2 @@ -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