On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:11:07 GMT, Jose Pereda <jper...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> This PR adds a file lock to the cache directory, allowing access from > multiple processes (that is, from more than one JVM) to that directory. > > This helps solving the issue where the cache is empty or doesn't exist yet, > and two JavaFX applications start at the same time, and both try to copy the > same native libraries to the same cache. > > No tests have been added to the PR though, since this requires a complex > scenario: building the SDK and publishing to local Maven repository, creating > two simple JavaFX applications that use those artifacts, using a temporary > folder for cache (via `javafx.cachedir`, and launching in parallel both > applications. > > I've tested successfully such scenario on Linux, Mac and Windows. Would it still fail if an earlier JVM tries to write to the cache dir? Just a wild idea: what if we double-check (the file hash?) after writing files or something like that? I know, that still won't help if an older JVM writes to the same dir... ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1188#issuecomment-1655863051
