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Re: svn commit: r1040832 - Port a fix for a FSFS packing race

From: Philip Martin <philip.martin_at_wandisco.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:44:52 +0000

Julian Foad <julian.foad_at_wandisco.com> writes:

> I'm going to drop this "Remove the re-try logic from
> svn_fs_fs__path_rev_absolute()" follow-up patch, as I don't want to get
> into checking or messing with the txn-correctness of FSFS now. If
> Daniel or anyone else wants to pursue it, I'd be glad to help.

I thought the patch was an improvement. The existing retry in
svn_fs_fs__path_rev_absolute doesn't fix the race, it simply makes the
window smaller. As the patch makes the window larger we are more likely
to see and fix any places where the caller doesn't handle the race.

-- 
Philip
Received on 2010-12-06 19:45:32 CET

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