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-rw-r--r--sys/src/cmd/lock.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/lock.c b/sys/src/cmd/lock.c
index 1b2197f0d..27210259a 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/lock.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/lock.c
@@ -41,24 +41,28 @@ waitfor(int pid)
static int
openlock(char *lock)
{
- int lckfd;
+ int lckfd, didwstat = 0;
Dir *dir;
- if (lockwait)
- while ((lckfd = open(lock, ORDWR)) < 0)
- sleep(1000);
- else
- lckfd = open(lock, ORDWR);
+Reopen:
+ while ((lckfd = open(lock, ORDWR)) < 0 && lockwait)
+ sleep(1000);
if (lckfd < 0)
sysfatal("can't open %s read/write: %r", lock);
dir = dirfstat(lckfd);
if (dir == nil)
sysfatal("can't fstat %s: %r", lock);
if (!(dir->mode & DMEXCL)) {
+ if(didwstat++)
+ sysfatal("exclusive bit does not stick for %s", lock);
dir->mode |= DMEXCL;
dir->qid.type |= QTEXCL;
if (dirfwstat(lckfd, dir) < 0)
sysfatal("can't make %s exclusive access: %r", lock);
+ /* reopen for lock to be effective */
+ free(dir);
+ close(lckfd);
+ goto Reopen;
}
free(dir);
return lckfd;