Switch lockutils to use POSIX IPC
lockutils should use POSIX IPC rather than file locking mechanism to lock across processes.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Julien Danjou
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Julien Danjou
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for icehouse
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
2014.1
- Started by
- Julien Danjou
- Completed by
- Doug Hellmann
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lockutils: do not use the semaphore that is returned
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lockutils: do not grab the lock in creators
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lockutils: expand add_prefix
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lockutils: remove lock_path parameter
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lockutils: move directory creation in lock class
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lockutils: fix testcase wrt Semaphore
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Use Posix IPC in lockutils
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