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Subject: Re: Possible race condition in Majordomo 1.94.1 causing bounces
From: Petter Nilsen <pettern @ thule . no>
Organization: Ultima Thule Software (The THOR Team)
Date: 06 May 97 18:39:09 +0100
To: Dave Wolfe <majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <199705051320.IAA20832@miaow.risc.sps.mot.com>

In article <199705051320.IAA20832@miaow.risc.sps.mot.com>,
dwolfe@risc.sps.mot.com (Dave Wolfe) wrote:

> when it accesses the file. We're talking about preemptive scheduling
> systems here, so the sequence of events among independent processes is
> non-deterministic. So what if Mj waits to start the MTA until the lock
> is cleared? By the time the MTA accesses the file, the lock could be set
> again.

Good and valid point.

/me bows his head.

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