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:* Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020718 11:40] wrote:
:>
:> fdalloc() does not reserve the descriptor number it
:> returns, it simply finds a free slot and says 'this
:> index is a free slot'. Even in the latest -current,
:> fdalloc() releases the fdp lock when it goes to
:> MALLOC so the race appears to still be present.
:
:This is true. I think one way to fix this is to preallocate
:the 'struct file' you're going to put into the array and have
:fdalloc() insert the created file instead of just finding a
:slot. Problem is that it's a bunch of grunt work to do this.
:
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:-Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
:'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
If you do this be careful in regards to open() and close() which
might place the descriptor in a transitory state. You don't want
another thread picking the descriptor up while it is in that
state.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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