1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Lock.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Lock.pm
index 693a3794..c0d4d3b3 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Lock.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Lock.pm
@@ -21,16 +21,12 @@ sub lock_acquire {
  }
  
  sub lock_release {
-        my ($self) = @_;
+        my ($self, $wake) = @_;
          return unless $self->{lock_path};
          my $lockfh = delete $self->{lockfh} or croak 'not locked';
  
-        # NetBSD 8.1 and OpenBSD 6.5 (and maybe other versions/*BSDs) lack
-        # NOTE_CLOSE_WRITE from FreeBSD 11+, so trigger NOTE_WRITE, instead.
-        # We also need to change the ctime on Linux systems w/o inotify
-        if ($^O ne 'linux' || !eval { require Linux::Inotify2; 1 }) {
-                syswrite($lockfh, '.');
-        }
+        syswrite($lockfh, '.') if $wake;
+
          flock($lockfh, LOCK_UN) or die "unlock failed: $!\n";
          close $lockfh or die "close failed: $!\n";
  }