Messages in this thread | | | From | Martin Konold <> | Subject | Re: Lockless file reading | Date | Wed, 27 Aug 2003 14:42:48 +0200 |
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Am Wednesday 27 August 2003 02:37 pm schrieb Timo Sirainen:
Hi,
> The question is what can happen if I read() a file that's being > simultaneously updated by a write() in another process?
The behaviour is undefined.
> 123 over XXX, is it possible that read() returns 1X3 in some conditions?
Yes. The actual order stuff is written to the disk is not guaranteed.
Regards, -- martin
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