Index: src/os_unix.c
==================================================================
--- src/os_unix.c
+++ src/os_unix.c
@@ -4143,11 +4143,10 @@
 /*
 ** Constants used for locking
 */
 #define UNIX_SHM_BASE   ((22+SQLITE_SHM_NLOCK)*4)         /* first lock byte */
 #define UNIX_SHM_DMS    (UNIX_SHM_BASE+SQLITE_SHM_NLOCK)  /* deadman switch */
-#define UNIX_SHM_N_DMS  1000000000                        /* Size of the DMS */
 
 /*
 ** Apply posix advisory locks for all bytes from ofst through ofst+n-1.
 **
 ** Locks block if the mask is exactly UNIX_SHM_C and are non-blocking
@@ -4165,10 +4164,16 @@
 
   /* Access to the unixShmNode object is serialized by the caller */
   pShmNode = pFile->pInode->pShmNode;
   assert( sqlite3_mutex_held(pShmNode->mutex) || pShmNode->nRef==0 );
 
+  /* Shared locks never span more than one byte */
+  assert( n==1 || lockType!=F_RDLCK );
+
+  /* Locks are within range */
+  assert( n>=1 && n<=SQLITE_SHM_NLOCK );
+
   if( pShmNode->h>=0 ){
     /* Initialize the locking parameters */
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof(f));
     f.l_type = lockType;
     f.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
@@ -4179,48 +4184,40 @@
     rc = (rc!=(-1)) ? SQLITE_OK : SQLITE_BUSY;
   }
 
   /* Update the global lock state and do debug tracing */
 #ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
-  if( ofst<UNIX_SHM_DMS ){
-    u16 mask;
-
-    /* Shared locks never span more than one byte */
-    assert( n==1 || lockType!=F_RDLCK );
-
-    /* Locks are within range */
-    assert( n>=1 && n<=SQLITE_SHM_NLOCK );
-
-    OSTRACE(("SHM-LOCK "));
-    mask = ofst>31 ? 0xffff : (1<<(ofst+n)) - (1<<ofst);
-    if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
-      if( lockType==F_UNLCK ){
-        OSTRACE(("unlock %d ok", ofst));
-        pShmNode->exclMask &= ~mask;
-        pShmNode->sharedMask &= ~mask;
-      }else if( lockType==F_RDLCK ){
-        OSTRACE(("read-lock %d ok", ofst));
-        pShmNode->exclMask &= ~mask;
-        pShmNode->sharedMask |= mask;
-      }else{
-        assert( lockType==F_WRLCK );
-        OSTRACE(("write-lock %d ok", ofst));
-        pShmNode->exclMask |= mask;
-        pShmNode->sharedMask &= ~mask;
-      }
+  { u16 mask;
+  OSTRACE(("SHM-LOCK "));
+  mask = ofst>31 ? 0xffff : (1<<(ofst+n)) - (1<<ofst);
+  if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+    if( lockType==F_UNLCK ){
+      OSTRACE(("unlock %d ok", ofst));
+      pShmNode->exclMask &= ~mask;
+      pShmNode->sharedMask &= ~mask;
+    }else if( lockType==F_RDLCK ){
+      OSTRACE(("read-lock %d ok", ofst));
+      pShmNode->exclMask &= ~mask;
+      pShmNode->sharedMask |= mask;
+    }else{
+      assert( lockType==F_WRLCK );
+      OSTRACE(("write-lock %d ok", ofst));
+      pShmNode->exclMask |= mask;
+      pShmNode->sharedMask &= ~mask;
+    }
+  }else{
+    if( lockType==F_UNLCK ){
+      OSTRACE(("unlock %d failed", ofst));
+    }else if( lockType==F_RDLCK ){
+      OSTRACE(("read-lock failed"));
     }else{
-      if( lockType==F_UNLCK ){
-        OSTRACE(("unlock %d failed", ofst));
-      }else if( lockType==F_RDLCK ){
-        OSTRACE(("read-lock failed"));
-      }else{
-        assert( lockType==F_WRLCK );
-        OSTRACE(("write-lock %d failed", ofst));
-      }
+      assert( lockType==F_WRLCK );
+      OSTRACE(("write-lock %d failed", ofst));
     }
-    OSTRACE((" - afterwards %03x,%03x\n",
-             pShmNode->sharedMask, pShmNode->exclMask));
+  }
+  OSTRACE((" - afterwards %03x,%03x\n",
+           pShmNode->sharedMask, pShmNode->exclMask));
   }
 #endif
 
   return rc;        
 }
@@ -4390,42 +4387,34 @@
       ** is owned by the same user that owns the original database.  Otherwise,
       ** the original owner will not be able to connect.
       */
       robustFchown(pShmNode->h, sStat.st_uid, sStat.st_gid);
   
-      /* Do not allow a read-only process to connect if there are no
-      ** writers, because a read-only process is unable to recover the
-      ** shm file following a system crash.
-      */
+      /* Check to see if another process is holding the dead-man switch.
+      ** For a readonly_shm client, if no other process holds the DMS lock,
+      ** the file cannot be opened and SQLITE_CANTOPEN_DIRTYWAL is returned.
+      ** Or, for a read-write connection, if no other process holds a
+      ** DMS lock the file is truncated to zero bytes in size.  */
       rc = SQLITE_OK;
       if( pShmNode->isReadonly ){
-        if( !unixShmSystemLock(pDbFd, F_RDLCK, UNIX_SHM_DMS, UNIX_SHM_N_DMS) ){
+        struct flock lock;
+        lock.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+        lock.l_start = UNIX_SHM_DMS;
+        lock.l_len = 1;
+        lock.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+        if( osFcntl(pShmNode->h, F_GETLK, &lockInfo)!=0 ) {
+          rc = SQLITE_IOERR_LOCK;
+        }else if( lock.l_type==F_UNLCK ){
           rc = SQLITE_CANTOPEN_DIRTYWAL;
         }
-      }
-
-      /* If we are able to grab the dead-man switch, that means this is the
-      ** first (write-enable) process to connect to the database.  In that
-      ** case, truncate the shm file because the contents found on disk might
-      ** be invalid leftovers from a system crash.  The shm will be rebuilt
-      */
-      if( unixShmSystemLock(pDbFd, F_WRLCK, UNIX_SHM_DMS, 1)==SQLITE_OK ){
+      }else if( unixShmSystemLock(pDbFd, F_WRLCK, UNIX_SHM_DMS, 1)==SQLITE_OK ){
         if( robust_ftruncate(pShmNode->h, 0) ){
           rc = unixLogError(SQLITE_IOERR_SHMOPEN, "ftruncate", zShmFilename);
         }
       }
-
-      /* Acquires locks to tell other processes that a this process is
-      ** running and therefore the shm is valid they do not need to run
-      ** recovery.
-      */
       if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
-        unsigned r;
         rc = unixShmSystemLock(pDbFd, F_RDLCK, UNIX_SHM_DMS, 1);
-        sqlite3_randomness(sizeof(r), &r);
-        r = 1 + (r%(UNIX_SHM_N_DMS-1));
-        (void)unixShmSystemLock(pDbFd, F_WRLCK, UNIX_SHM_DMS+r, 1);
       }
       if( rc ) goto shm_open_err;
     }
   }