Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 1999 03:31:41 +0200 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Once again |
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Dale Amon wrote: > However, if reading the serial number resets the modified > state, what happens if two browsers happen to be sitting > on the same section of the directory hierarchy at the > same time? What if they are on slow NFS links?
Are you talking about the serial number scheme in general, or Alan's poll() problem?
W.r.t. poll(), a good point. One bit of state needs to be maintained per file descriptor. I guess that reduces to the same "since the last poll" problem.
I don't think slow NFS links is an issue.
-- Jamie
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