diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/locking/kerneloplocks.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/locking/kerneloplocks.xml index a22cdf2446d..ff237ec76e3 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/locking/kerneloplocks.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/locking/kerneloplocks.xml @@ -4,19 +4,18 @@ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> For UNIXes that support kernel based - (currently only IRIX and the Linux 2.4 kernel), this parameter - allows the use of them to be turned on or off. However, this disables - Level II oplocks for clients as the Linux and IRIX kernels do not - support them properly. + (currently only Linux), this parameter allows the use of them to be + turned on or off. However, this disables Level II oplocks for clients as + the Linux kernel does not support them properly. Kernel oplocks support allows Samba oplocks - to be broken whenever a local UNIX process or NFS operation + to be broken whenever a local UNIX process or NFS operation accesses a file that smbd - 8 has oplocked. This allows complete - data consistency between SMB/CIFS, NFS and local file access (and is + 8 has oplocked. This allows complete + data consistency between SMB/CIFS, NFS and local file access (and is a very cool feature :-). If you do not need this interaction, you should disable the - parameter on Linux and IRIX to get Level II oplocks and the associated + parameter on Linux to get Level II oplocks and the associated performance benefit. This parameter defaults to no and is translated