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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt index 6538610759..d3bf940ad4 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt @@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ close_lock_file:: Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized with an earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update` or `hold_lock_file_for_append`, and close the file descriptor. - Return 0 upon success or a negative value on failure to - close(2). Usually `commit_lock_file` or `rollback_lock_file` - should be called after `close_lock_file`. + Return 0 upon success. On failure to `close(2)`, return a + negative value and rollback the lock file. Usually + `commit_lock_file` or `rollback_lock_file` should eventually + be called if `close_lock_file` succeeds. reopen_lock_file:: |