fcntl.2: OFD locks are proposed for inclusion in the next POSIX revision

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
index aa260210708ff44303b919761ea205355f06f2ce..97e2eb607ccd9f414fd2b35071cbd09b230ae876 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/fcntl.2
+++ b/man2/fcntl.2
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@ Open file description locks are advisory byte-range locks whose operation is
 in most respects identical to the traditional record locks described above.
 This lock type is Linux-specific,
 and available since Linux 3.15.
+(There is a proposal with the Austin Group
+.\" FIXME . Review progress into POSIX
+.\" http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=768
+to include this lock type in the next revision of POSIX.1.)
 For an explanation of open file descriptions, see
 .BR open (2).