Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 11:54:54 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFR] reflect resolv.conf update to running application Message-ID: <20050821115454.55441a64@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20050821003536.P14178@fledge.watson.org> References: <ygefyt4yiaz.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <20050821003536.P14178@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:37:56 +0100 (BST)
Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote:
> (2) By reading the configuration file more frequently and more quickly
> after a change, we increase the chances of a race condition in which
> the resolve reads a partially written resolv.conf file during an
> update. Does this happen in practice? I've always been very leery of
> re-reading configuration files automatically based on a time-stamp, as
> updates to files are not atomic at all.
Can kqueue be used instead of polling?
Bye,
Alexander.
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