[PATCH] fix startup race in shared.cc

Usman Muzaffar foo@muzaffar.org
Thu May 5 16:40:00 GMT 2005


"Christopher Faylor" <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com> wrote in message
> I don't believe that your patch goes far enough to ensure the
> consistency of the shared memory before checking things.  I've checked
> in a change which should ensure that the area has been initialized
> before it is used.

That's great, thanks. Will there be a snapshot that includes the
next patch? The cygwin.com/snapshots page says both that snapshots are
generated "on a period basis" and "sporadically" - wasn't sure if that
meant I should request one or just be patient. :)

Thanks again for the prompt attention.
-Usman





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