Re: Race conditions in file creation in 2.3.

manfreds@colorfullife.com
Sat, 4 Sep 1999 20:10:49 -0400 (EDT)

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>
> > cp -vrf /usr/bin /mnt & cp -vrf /usr/bin /mnt & cp -vrf /usr/bin /mnt
> >
> > produces large numbers of file not found errors in response to create. It
> > looks like two people creating a file at once causes a bogus
> > error on one of the openers.
> >
> > Is /mnt over NFS?
>
> This is an ext2->ext2 copy going from one ext2fs on ide to one on FC
>
Are you sure it is create?

write() and truncate() are not syncronized, is it possible that this causes your problem?

-- Manfred

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