Github user SolidWallOfCode commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/568#issuecomment-209664725
Yes. We looked at various approaches and decided on this one because there
was already a lock around access to the file descriptor. Locking the update to
that value should prevent the race condition and potential use of a deleted
file handle.
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