type File … // Lock places an advisory write lock on the file, blocking until it can be // locked. // // If Lock returns nil, no other process will be able to place a read or write // lock on the file until this process exits, closes f, or calls Unlock on it. // // If f's descriptor is already read- or write-locked, the behavior of Lock is // unspecified. // // Closing the file may or may not release the lock promptly. Callers should // ensure that Unlock is always called when Lock succeeds. func Lock(f File) error { … } // RLock places an advisory read lock on the file, blocking until it can be locked. // // If RLock returns nil, no other process will be able to place a write lock on // the file until this process exits, closes f, or calls Unlock on it. // // If f is already read- or write-locked, the behavior of RLock is unspecified. // // Closing the file may or may not release the lock promptly. Callers should // ensure that Unlock is always called if RLock succeeds. func RLock(f File) error { … } // Unlock removes an advisory lock placed on f by this process. // // The caller must not attempt to unlock a file that is not locked. func Unlock(f File) error { … } // String returns the name of the function corresponding to lt // (Lock, RLock, or Unlock). func (lt lockType) String() string { … } // IsNotSupported returns a boolean indicating whether the error is known to // report that a function is not supported (possibly for a specific input). // It is satisfied by errors.ErrUnsupported as well as some syscall errors. func IsNotSupported(err error) bool { … }