Hi. How can I request a lock in a non-blocking way? Instead of blocking until a certain lock can be acquired, I would like my client applications to give up immediately when a conflicting lock exists. My wish is that client applications locks the data while it is being edited, thus making the locks possibly long-lived. Subsequent update requests to the same data, will then be rejected immediately. I am hoping to find a server-side solution to this problem, so that rude clients are unable to circumvent the lock. Is the "user_locks" module (which "provides support for user-level long-term cooperative locks") the best approach? It appears that this solution requires well-behaving clients. Do I have other choices? Sincerely, Knut Aksel Røysland
