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.TH "FCNTL_GETLEASE" "9" "07 August 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
fcntl_getlease \- Enquire what lease is currently active
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
int fcntl_getlease  (struct file * \fIfilp\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIfilp\fB\fR
the file
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The value returned by this function will be one of
(if no lease break is pending):
.PP
F_RDLCK to indicate a shared lease is held.
.PP
F_WRLCK to indicate an exclusive lease is held.
.PP
F_UNLCK to indicate no lease is held.
.PP
(if a lease break is pending):
.PP
F_RDLCK to indicate an exclusive lease needs to be
changed to a shared lease (or removed).
.PP
F_UNLCK to indicate the lease needs to be removed.
.SH "XXX"
.PP
sfr & willy disagree over whether F_INPROGRESS
should be returned to userspace.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.