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fcntl.2: Make the warning that mandatory locks are unreliable more prominent 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-04-30 12:21:45 +02:00
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@ -553,6 +553,10 @@ as described above for
.BR F_GETLK .
.SS Mandatory locking
(Non-POSIX.)
.IR Warning :
the Linux implementation of mandatory locking is unreliable.
See BUGS below.
By default, both traditional (process-associated) and open file description
record locks are advisory.
Advisory locks are not enforced and are useful only between
@ -594,9 +598,6 @@ permission bit (see
.BR chmod (1)
and
.BR chmod (2)).
The Linux implementation of mandatory locking is unreliable.
See BUGS below.
.SS Managing signals
.BR F_GETOWN ,
.BR F_SETOWN ,