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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "LOCKS_MANDATORY_AREA" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
locks_mandatory_area \- Check for a conflicting lock
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ locks_mandatory_area('u
.BI "int locks_mandatory_area(struct\ inode\ *\ " "inode" ", struct\ file\ *\ " "filp" ", loff_t\ " "start" ", loff_t\ " "end" ", unsigned\ char\ " "type" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIinode\fR
.RS 4
the file to check
.RE
.PP
\fIfilp\fR
.RS 4
how the file was opened (if it was)
.RE
.PP
\fIstart\fR
.RS 4
first byte in the file to check
.RE
.PP
\fIend\fR
.RS 4
lastbyte in the file to check
.RE
.PP
\fItype\fR
.RS 4
\fBF_WRLCK\fR
for a write lock, else
\fBF_RDLCK\fR
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Searches the inode\*(Aqs list of locks to find any POSIX locks which conflict\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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