Re: iolint race condition

[Andrew J. Schorr]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 12:10:00AM -0500, Miguel Pineiro Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, at 10:29 PM, Andrew J. Schorr wrote:
> > I don't love that it's implementation-dependent, but it may be the most
> > expedient way of solving the problem.
>  
> Yes. It's brittle. If the implementation changes, the race resurfaces.

I committed your patch. Thanks.

> Is this test even necessary? In its present form, it covers the same
> ground as the final test, output file and output pipe.
> 
> The cksum test has the same implementation dependency which
> you noted. No race there at the moment, though, since the cksum
> child is waited on by the adjacent close.

I don't know, but I guess I'd leave well enough alone for now, until
it breaks again.

Regards,
Andy