This file describes use of resources and spin locks with the netware redirector. There are 2 major sections - global locks, and per structure locks. Each subsection names a lock or resources and list all of the global variable, and structure fields it protects. 1. Global Locks 1.1 ScbSpinLock - ScbQueue - NpScb fields -> ScbLinks - Nearest server table. 1.2 Rcb->Resource - ServerNameTable - FileNameTable, Fcb->PrefixEntry - Rcb fields -> OpenCount - Synchronize access to newly created FCBs - DefaultUserName, DefaultPassword, DefaultServerName. - Fcb->IcbList, Icb->ListEntry - DriveMapTable - Vcb->ReferenceCount, Vcb->FcbList, Vcb->FcbCount, GlobalVcbListEntry - Scb->ScbSpecificVcbQueue, Scb->VcbCount, OpenFileCount, AttachCount - GlobalVcbList, CurrentVcbEntry 1.3 NwScavengerSpinLock - NwScavengerTickCount 1.4 Front of the SCB queue - Icb->State, HasRemoteHandle - NpScb->State - pScb->UserName, pScb->Password - Fcb->FileSize (except during create) 1.5 NwMessageSpinLock - NwGetMessageList 1.6 NwPendingLockSpinLock - NwPendingLockList 1.7 NwFcbTableResource - FCB / ICB creation. 2. Per structure locks 2.1 SCB->NpScbSpinLock - NpScb fields -> Sending, Receiving, OkToReceive, TimeOut, MaxTimeOut, Requests, RetryCount, Reference 2.2 FCB->Resource - Fcb-> Attributes, LastModifiedDate, LastModifiedTime State, FileLockList, PendingLockList, 2.3 Front of the SCB queue - Icb->FileLockList 2.4 LOGON->CredListResource Protects the credentials on the cred list and the list pointers. Acquire shared for read access to the list. Acquire exclusive for write access to the list. In order to eliminate dead locks, locks should be acquired in the following order (if multiple locks are needed). RCB->Resource FCB->Resource NwScavengerSpinLock LOGON->CredListResource ScbSpinLock SCB->NpScbSpinLock A thread cannot wait for the SCB queue while holding any other lock.