Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:15:34 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_descrip.c Message-ID: <20030121231533.GE42333@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <0H93003IR1FCWK@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net> References: <20030121203105.GJ33821@elvis.mu.org> <0H93003IR1FCWK@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net>
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* Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@FreeBSD.org> [030121 13:09] wrote: > If you don't lock these operations, you could incorrectly lose the result > of an flock(), which sets different bits in the f_flag field from fcntl(). Ok. Then are you sure this is the only place where they need protection? I could have sworn I saw several other places where the file flags are updated, I'm probably wrong about it and it's just locations where they are initially set.. but since you're in the area. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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