Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-36,: Re: Race conditions in file creation in 2.3.

# Re: Race conditions in file creation in 2.3.

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Sun, 5 Sep 1999 18:30:34 +0100

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On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 02:53:08PM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:

> This is a known problem since ~2.3.7. [neither O_APPEND, nor i_size nor
> f_pos are synchronized]
>
> Unfortunately, it seems difficult to fix it properly:
[snip]

If anyone more knowledgeable than me (which doesn't narrow it down much <g>)
decides to delve into this, I think there's also an issue with updating
writable mmap()d files, probably with setting mtime and inode dirtying as well.

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