Description of problem: Share modes or share reservations are widely use in SMB and NFS. It would be useful to have Gluster provide support for it and manage conflicts for better multi-protocol support.
REVIEW: http://review.gluster.org/14055 (core: add share_flags to open FOP) posted (#1) for review on master by Raghavendra Talur (rtalur)
REVIEW: http://review.gluster.org/14056 (sr: add share-reservation xlator) posted (#1) for review on master by Raghavendra Talur (rtalur)
REVIEW: http://review.gluster.org/14057 (volgen changes) posted (#1) for review on master by Raghavendra Talur (rtalur)
REVIEW: http://review.gluster.org/14058 (gfapi changes) posted (#1) for review on master by Raghavendra Talur (rtalur)
REVIEW: http://review.gluster.org/14055 (core: add share_flags to open/create FOPs) posted (#2) for review on master by Raghavendra Talur (rtalur)
REVIEW: http://review.gluster.org/14055 (core: add share_flags to open/create FOPs) posted (#3) for review on master by Raghavendra Talur (rtalur)
REVIEW: http://review.gluster.org/14055 (core: add share_flags to open/create FOPs) posted (#4) for review on master by Raghavendra Talur (rtalur)
This didnt make it for GlusterFS 3.8, moving out of the tracking tree.
Not worked on this for last 3 years. Not in plan for immediate work (at least 6 months). Will revisit after couple of releases.