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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/fakeoplocks.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/fakeoplocks.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..16887726c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/fakeoplocks.xml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> + <term><anchor id="FAKEOPLOCKS"/>fake oplocks (S)</term> + <listitem><para>Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission + from a server to locally cache file operations. If a server grants + an oplock (opportunistic lock) then the client is free to assume + that it is the only one accessing the file and it will aggressively + cache file data. With some oplock types the client may even cache + file open/close operations. This can give enormous performance benefits. + </para> + + <para>When you set <command moreinfo="none">fake oplocks = yes</command>, <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command moreinfo="none">smbd(8)</command></ulink> will + always grant oplock requests no matter how many clients are using + the file.</para> + + <para>It is generally much better to use the real <link linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks</parameter></link> support rather + than this parameter.</para> + + <para>If you enable this option on all read-only shares or + shares that you know will only be accessed from one client at a + time such as physically read-only media like CDROMs, you will see + a big performance improvement on many operations. If you enable + this option on shares where multiple clients may be accessing the + files read-write at the same time you can get data corruption. Use + this option carefully!</para> + + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">fake oplocks = no</command></para></listitem> + </samba:parameter> |