Kevin Day wrote:
>
> >
> > Kevin Day wrote:
> > >
> > > I mmap() files in, then copy them to a device. This works great except when
> > > someone tries to change that file during the copy. If the size of the file
> > > shrinks, I'll SIGBUS or SIGSEGV when i try to touch past the new file size.
> > > So, i setup a signal handler and longjmp into some recovery code.
> > >
> > > Perhaps there's a better way, but I don't consider this a bug really, and
> > > i'll get a SEGV. :)
> >
> > MAP_PRIVATE?
> >
>
> This has the undesired effect of me not noticing that the file changed then.
stat(2) it after the copy? OK, I'm reaching. Handling SEGV seems like a
rather iffy solution at best.
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