[HACKERS] Re: Performance monitor signal handler

2001-03-13 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Thomas Swan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010313 13:37] wrote: > > >On reciept of the info signal, the backends collaborate to piece > >together a status file. The status file is given a temporay name. > >When complete the status file is rename(2)'d over a well known > >file. > > Reporting to files, p

[HACKERS] Re: Performance monitor signal handler

2001-03-13 Thread Thomas Swan
>On reciept of the info signal, the backends collaborate to piece >together a status file. The status file is given a temporay name. >When complete the status file is rename(2)'d over a well known >file. Reporting to files, particularly well known ones, could lead to race conditions. All in a