Hi all... ...I've got a Python script running on a bunch of boxen sharing some common NFS-exported space. I need (not want :) to lock files for writing, and I need (not want :) to do it safely (i.e. atomically). I'm doing this in Linux; NFS4 is available. As I understand it, my options are:
1. Python's fcntl() is an interface to the fcntl(2) system call,
which is claimed to work "mostly" over NFS v >= 3.
2. open(2) is atomic on a local FS, I've read discussions that imply
that link(2) is atomic over NFS (is it?), so I can link from local
lockfile to remote target atomically. I don't grok this; open(2) +
link(2) + stat(2) == 3 calls on my fingers. HTH is this supposed to
work?
3. Atomically update a MySQL database indicating that the file is
locked - MySQL has atomic transactions now, right? And how good is
the Python MySQL API - IIRC Perl didn't have atomic transactions last
year; will this work in contemporary Python?
I've got a while (several weeks) to chew this problem over (my current
implementation is ``assert("Poof! File locked")'').
What are my options for safely locking files via NFS? I don't want to
get involved with NLM as my impression is it's being buggy and
unwieldy. Thanks in advance!
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