---- a/include/applets.src.h
-+++ b/include/applets.src.h
-@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ IF_LN(APPLET_NOEXEC(ln, ln, BB_DIR_BIN,
- IF_LOAD_POLICY(APPLET(load_policy, BB_DIR_USR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_LOADFONT(APPLET(loadfont, BB_DIR_USR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_LOADKMAP(APPLET(loadkmap, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
-+IF_LOCK(APPLET(lock, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_LOGGER(APPLET(logger, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- /* Needs to be run by root or be suid root - needs to change uid and gid: */
- IF_LOGIN(APPLET(login, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_REQUIRE))
---- a/miscutils/Config.src
-+++ b/miscutils/Config.src
-@@ -419,6 +419,12 @@ config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA
- help
- Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag.
-
-+config LOCK
-+ bool "lock"
-+ default n
-+ help
-+ Small utility for using locks in scripts
-+
- config MAKEDEVS
- bool "makedevs"
- default y
---- a/miscutils/Kbuild.src
-+++ b/miscutils/Kbuild.src
-@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_INOTIFYD) += inotifyd.o
- lib-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_LAST_SMALL)+= last.o
- lib-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_LAST_FANCY)+= last_fancy.o
- lib-$(CONFIG_LESS) += less.o
-+lib-$(CONFIG_LOCK) += lock.o
- lib-$(CONFIG_MAKEDEVS) += makedevs.o
- lib-$(CONFIG_MAN) += man.o
- lib-$(CONFIG_MICROCOM) += microcom.o
--- /dev/null
+++ b/miscutils/lock.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/*
-+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
++ * Copyright (C) 2006 Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+ *
+ * This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+ */
++
++//config:config LOCK
++//config: bool "lock"
++//config: default n
++//config: help
++//config: Small utility for using locks in scripts
++
++//applet:IF_LOCK(APPLET(lock, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
++
++//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_LOCK) += lock.o
++
++//usage:#define lock_trivial_usage NOUSAGE_STR
++//usage:#define lock_full_usage ""
++
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "busybox.h"
+
-+//usage:#define lock_trivial_usage NOUSAGE_STR
-+//usage:#define lock_full_usage ""
-+
+static int unlock = 0;
+static int shared = 0;
+static int waitonly = 0;
++static int try_lock = 0;
+static int fd;
+static char *file;
+
+ " -s Use shared locking\n"
+ " -u Unlock\n"
+ " -w Wait for the lock to become free, don't acquire lock\n"
++ " -n Don't wait for the lock to become free. Fail with exit code\n"
+ "\n", name);
+ exit(1);
+}
+static int do_lock(void)
+{
+ int pid;
++ int flags;
+ char pidstr[8];
+
+ if ((fd = open(file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0700)) < 0) {
+ }
+ }
+
-+ if (flock(fd, (shared ? LOCK_SH : LOCK_EX)) < 0) {
++ flags = shared ? LOCK_SH : LOCK_EX;
++ flags |= try_lock ? LOCK_NB : 0;
++
++ if (flock(fd, flags) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Can't lock %s\n", file);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ case 'u':
+ unlock = 1;
+ break;
++ case 'n':
++ try_lock = 1;
++ break;
+ }
+ }
+ c--;