Re: [PATCH v4] flock.2: add CIFS details

Tom Talpey [off-list ref] writes:

and simply state (perhaps)

  "Remote and mandatory locking semantics may vary with SMB protocol,
   mount options and server type. See mount.cifs(8) for additional
   information."

This would be the complete addition to the man page? I feel like we
should at least say it is *likely* that:
- locks will be mandatory
- flock() is emulated via fnctl() and so they interact with each other

Which are the 2 aspects that really diverges from the expected behaviour
of flock() and likely to hit people in the wild. Mentionning this will
send people trying to debug their app in the right direction.

Cheers,
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