Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 06:26:20 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, terry@lambert.org, twpierce@bio-3.bsd.uchicago.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: semaphores/shared memory Message-ID: <199611121226.GAA20953@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961112012447.8385A-100000@quagmire.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Nov 12, 96 01:26:20 am
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> > Reuse of the buffer area? > > > > It would be stupid for the server to start writing new data before > > everyone else is done with it. > > > > *shrug* > > > > Ya, but this could be gotten around if we create several buffers > that get written to sequentially...then the server can make the assumption > (in my case, the assumption would be safe) that by the time the server got > back to writing to area 1, the clients aren't much behind it... I have a friend who is fond of saying that assumption is the mother of all ****ups... :-) ... JG
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