Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> 1msec still leave a reasonable window open IMHO. this problem would need
> sequence numbers updated atomically to be solved correctly without
> regard to the timing
I agree 100% - it would be nice to be correct instead of "usually
works".
Once you're talking about nanoseconds, you can have both: each time
you store an mtime, make sure the value is at least 1 nanosecond
greater than the previously stored mtime for any file in the
serialisation domain. If it is not, simply _wait_ for up to a
nanosecond until the value has advanced enough.
-- Jamie
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