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authorOpenShift Merge Robot <openshift-merge-robot@users.noreply.github.com>2019-01-07 07:49:49 -0800
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-01-07 07:49:49 -0800
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Merge pull request #2083 from mheon/shm_locking_fixes
Address lingering review comments from SHM locking PR
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diff --git a/libpod/lock/lock.go b/libpod/lock/lock.go
index 73c1fdcf7..1f94171fe 100644
--- a/libpod/lock/lock.go
+++ b/libpod/lock/lock.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ type Locker interface {
// encounters a fatal error.
// All errors must be handled internally, as they are not returned. For
// the most part, panicking should be appropriate.
+ // Some lock implementations may require that Lock() and Unlock() occur
+ // within the same goroutine (SHM locking, for example). The usual Go
+ // Lock()/defer Unlock() pattern will still work fine in these cases.
Lock()
// Unlock unlocks the lock.
// All errors must be handled internally, as they are not returned. For