-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes:
> On Dec 19, Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> With this example, it's trivial to trigger namespace conflicts and >> break shm_open(). "mkdir /dev/shm/foobar", for example, or create a >> symbolic link. These fail outright. If a regular file was opened, it > And so would two programs using the same name for a SHM object (well, > they would share it, as it's designed to be). Yes. You would however be cooperating, and using O_CREAT|O_EXCL and unlinking at the appropriate times so as to avoid any trouble. > The real lesson in this is that object names should be choosed > carefully. That's correct, but you should still not be using the namespace for non-SHM activities. - -- Roger Leigh Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org/ GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848. Please sign and encrypt your mail. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8+ <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFDpxmCVcFcaSW/uEgRAgU5AJ0TnZc1ljigaWcDg4tOBnc19aVliQCfeGZw qhipCtZj2sARpU8FyketWo8= =wzMr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]